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Newsgroups: bit.listserv.edtech
Date:         Sat, 25 Jul 1992 10:15:31 EDT
From:         Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.NoDak.edu>
Subject:      How to get info about the Networks (fwd)

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> From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
> Newsgroups: news.admin,news.announce.newusers,news.answers
> Subject: How to Get Information about Networks
> Date: 20 Jul 92 06:49:18 GMT
> Expires: 18 Sep 92 18:49:17 GMT
>
> 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" question
>   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
>    an endorsement of any commercial service or commercial firm.
>
> --
> Gene Spafford
> Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
> Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
> Internet:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu phone:  (317) 494-7825
>
>
>


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