Word: napstering
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Steven S. Wallace, the chief network architect for Indiana University, said most efforts to block Napster would not work if students connected to "mirror" servers other than the central Napster server...
Frank M. Steen, the director of Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS), said he has discussed the prospect of banning Napster with the general counsel's office. If the University decides to block the service, Steen said it could be shut down "very fast"--perhaps within 24 hours...
Steen would not discuss the technical details of blocking access to Napster because of security concerns, but said the University would have to decide how extensive a block to institute...
...could effectively block Napster," Steen said, "but we might block other legitimate [network] uses as well...
Computer administrators at other schools said it would be difficult to completely block access to Napster...