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Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kei.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!deshaw.com!do-not-use-path-to-reply
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 05:36:36 GMT
Supersedes: <spaf-networks_735800542@cs.purdue.edu>
Expires: Sun, 21 Nov 1993 05:36:35 GMT
Message-ID: <CF8FKz.1HG@deshaw.com>
Approved: netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
From: netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Subject: How to Get Information about Networks
Newsgroups: news.admin.misc,news.announce.newusers,news.answers
Reply-To: randall@uvaarpa.virginia.edu
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Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu news.admin.misc:5541 news.announce.newusers:1209 news.answers:13786
Archive-name: network-info/part1
Original-author: Randall Atkinson <randall@uvaarpa.virginia.edu>
Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 5 May 1992 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
This is a periodic posting on how to get information about the
Internet and how to get information about connecting to the (US)
National Science Foundation's NSFNET through an NSF-affiliated
regional network, or to get commercial Internet service through a
commercial service provider.
I. The NSFNET Network Service Center (NNSC) makes current documentation
on the NSFNET available via a mail server and by anonymous ftp.
Because the contents of the documents are constantly being updated,
this posting only describes how to obtain a current copy rather than
providing the data directly.
Using the mail server: Send mail to the address shown below
(nnsc.nsf.net) and leave the "Subject;" line blank.
The first line of the message body should contain a "Request:"
line, followed by a "Topic:" line, as described below. You do not
need a "Subject:" line, but be sure your mailer puts out a valid
"From:" line that the server can respond to!
To obtain current contact information on the NSFNET and its affiliated
regional networks, send the following mail message to the mail-server:
"info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
Request: NSFNET
Topic: NNSC
To obtain information on how to connect to the Internet through the
NSFNET or an NSF-affiliated network, send the following mail message
to the mail-server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
Request: NSFNET
Topic: CONNECTING
To obtain information on the documents currently available on the
NSFNET from the info-server, send the following mail message to the
mail server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
Request: NSFNET
Topic: NSFNET-HELP
If you need to contact the people at the NNSC directly, you can either
send mail or call them. It would be a good idea to read the NSFNET
documents first though.
Electronic Mail: <nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net>
Telephone: +1 (617) 873-3400.
II. General Internet information documents are available from the
DDN Network Information Center (which is part of the Internet).
There are several "For Your Information (FYI)" documents
published as part of the Internet "Request For Comments (RFC)"
series of documents. These can be helpful in getting a better
understanding of the Internet and its services and organization.
Experienced, novice, and would-be Internet users can all benefit
from reading these documents.
Included among these are:
RFC-1208 Glossary of Networking Terms
RFC-1207 FYI: Answers to commonly asked "experienced Internet user" questions
RFC-1206 FYI: Answers to commonly asked "new Internet user" questions
RFC-1178 Choosing a Name for your Computer
RFC-1150 FYI on FYI: Introduction to the FYI notes
These RFCs can be obtained by anonymous ftp from nic.ddn.mil or via
email server from nisc.sri.com. To use the RFC email server, send
an email message to mail-server@nisc.sri.com with the subject line
blank and the message body indicating the RFC desired. The NIC
service will email the requested RFC back to you.
For example, to get a copy of RFC-1208 send an email message to
mail-server@nisc.sri.com with no subject line, and a message body
containing:
send rfc/RFC1208.txt
III. The Internet is composed of many networks, not just those
sponsored or affiliated with the US Government. There are also
commercial Internet service providers. Commercial firms that might
not meet requirements for connecting to a US Government-related
network can still connect to the TCP/IP Internet via commercial
service providers not affiliated with the NSFNET or the DDN
Internet:
UUNET Communications Services (UUNET)
alternet-info@uunet.uu.net
Performance Systems, Inc. (PSI)
nisc@nisc.psi.net
You should contact them directly to obtain more information about
their services. Nothing in this posting is intended or should be construed as
an endorsement of any commercial service or commercial firm.