From: tommi@phoenix.oulu.fi (Tommi V Kaikkonen)
Subject: *.cn Chinese Academic Computer Network (forwarded message)
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:26:38 GMT

>>>>Forwarded message From zheng@viikki.helsinki.fi  Thu Nov 19 14:54:32 1992
I have tried to send a letter to china, it works! 

The Status of Email to mainland China---E.1

   There are two E-mail network effective in China, CRN and CANET.

   CANET       Chinese Academic Network (CN-DOM)
           Try asking Qian@ica.beijing.canet.cn for details.

   CRN         China Research Network
           for details contact postmaster@cnlab.nci.crn.cn or
           xiaofan.zhao@cnlab.nci.crn.cn

       Good luck
       Kuang

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   CANET Chinese Academic Network (CN-DOM)
   c/o ICA
   P.O. Box 2418-26
   Che-Dao-Gou Street
   Beijing
   PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

   Domain Name: CN

   Administrative Contact:
      Qian, Tian Bai  (TBQ)  QIAN@ICA.BEIJING.CANET.CN
      +86 841-3654
   Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Rotert, Michael  (MR78)  Rotert@IRA.UKA.DE
      +49 721 608 4221


   === Original message from Mr. Qian

   From:   cn%"QIAN@ica.beijing.canet.cn" 20-AUG-1991 19:18:57.92 
   To:   p7911013@twnctu02.bitnet CC:  Subj:   reply


   Mr.Huang, Thank you for your letter of Aug.5. Some time ago I received an
   email from you, and I'm sorry I have been unable to answer it sooner.
   Thank you for your paying great attention to the CANET project.  Herewith
   I'm encluding the brief introduction to CANET.
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

   CANET , co-initiated by ICA ( Beijing Instutute for Computer Applications
   ) and the University of Karlsruhe ( Germany ) began in 1986. Its purpose
   is to integrate chinese academic communities with the worldwide computer
   network, and to promote information exchange and technical cooperation
   with the rest of the world.  The initial service provided by CANET is
   international E-mail delivery.  The first connection with CSNET was
   actually set up in Sep.1987.

   The central machine located in ICA , Siemens 7,760/ BS2000 running
   PMDF/BS2000 software, was successfully connected with the E-mail systems
   all over the world by means of a relay machine at the Uni- versity of
   Karlsruhe.  

   Since then , CANET has been operational and has provided the worldwide
   E-mail service for some academic communities within China. 

   In 1990 Oct. , the top level domain ---" CN " for China was registered
   with DDN SRI--NIC by ICA . This is a very important step for the
   development of CANET.

   CANET is a store and forward electronic mail network .  Recently,the
   central machine in CANET is a Micro VAXII--cluster system under VMS 4.7
   running PMDF 3.1/VMS,which acts as an interna- tional gateway linking the
   main domain server located at Uni. Karl- sruhe by x.25 through the
   CHINAPAC (Chinese Packed Switching Network).

   For remote sites, CANET is accessible for any academic communi- ty of
   China through the CHINAPAC ( national x.25 PDN ) or the dial up telephone
   links, at 1200 bps and 2400 bps or 4800 bps (depending on the cost factor
   ). End--user's PC or workstations can access to local node machine by
   terminal emulation . CANET adopts RFC--822 formats.

   CHINAPAC , the first national PDN in China , was operational in the end of
   1989 , it is authorized by the goverment and run by the Ministry of Posts
   and Telecommications of China.  This network is based on x.25. At persent,
   it is still on the first stage and has 3 node-machines ( Package Switching
   Node ) and 8 package multiplexers which are located at 11 major cities in
   China. It has international link through the satellites.

   All amchines of CANET implement Internet DNS ( domain naming system )
   syntax.

   The top level domain --- " CN " for China has been operational since
   Jan.1991 . Currently, the international mail delivery usually takes half a
   day . At present , 16 sites have been connected within CANET.  It is true
   , many institutions and universities have estab- lished their private
   local network in the compus, most of them are interested in joning
   CANET.But, there are the financial boundaries- ---lack of the funds.  If
   the funding is available, CANET will be growing rapidly.
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

   Frankly speaking,the CANET has not been a part of the Internet yet,
   because it does't implement the TCP/IP protocol suite to link with the
   Internet via the leased line directly.that is why CANET is unable to do
   FTP and R-Login recently.Also,this is the reason that CANET's user has to
   pay the international communication fees not only for sending mail but
   also for receiving mail.


   8) First Hand Material: From <xiaofan.zhao@cnlab.nci.crn.cn>
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   From xiaofan.zhao@cnlab.nci.crn.cn Sun Apr 12 17:19:05 1992
   Date: 13 Apr 92  8:11 +0800
   From: Xiaofan ZHAO <xiaofan.zhao@cnlab.nci.crn.cn>
   To: Qiang Alex ZHAO <azhao@cs.arizona.edu>

   Dear Alex,

   Following is some information about CRN for your reference.

   Regards,
   Xiaofan Zhao, NCI, Beijing, China

   ==========================

   The Chinese Research Network (CRN), founded in 1987, aims at

       * Providing electronic communication means, based on
         the PSDN and any available communication networks,
         to the Chineses scientsts, engineers, professors and
         other reaserchers to facilitate them in exchanging information
         and coordinating cooperation with their partners in China
         and abroad.     

       * Supporting and coordinating the development and promotion
         of OSI conformable applications ammong Chinese scientific
         and research community.

       * Organizing the cooperation among CRN members and their
         foreign partners.

   Eight members of CRN have been interconnected at present, including
   research institutes, universities and academic organizations in Beijing,
   Shanghai, Chengdu and Shijiazhuang. More institutions will join CRN in the
   future.

   MHS (email), VT (PAD), FTAM, X.11 have been installed at the member
   institutions on VAX/VMS, VAX/ULTRIX, SUN/UNIX and APOLLO/UNIX. CRN has
   established more than ten direct MHS connections with the member countries
   of European Research Networks (RARE), including Germany, Norway and
   Switchland, and could exchange e-mails with almost all the research
   networks, eg Internet, in the world via RARE gateways.

   Chinese MHS (CMHS), dased on DFN-EAN and enhanced by CRN, with Chenese
   character and encryption capability has been also installed at some CRN's
   member institutions on VAX/VMS and SUN/UNIX systems.

   The CRN Board consists of the representatives from her member
   organizations, which is responsible for
       * Developing CRN's plans and rules
       * Helping academic and research institutions to join CRN
       * Maintaining the services provided by CRN
       * Helping CRN's members to solve technical problems
       * Organizig and coordinating the development projects
       * Contacting and coopreating, on behalf of CRN, with the peers 
         in China and abroad

   Help desk addresses are:
   Beijing:
    CRN's Help Desk                          <helpdesk@cnlab.nci.crn.cn>
    North China Institute of Computer Tech.  <postmaster@cnlab.nci.crn.cn>
    China Academy of Electr. & Info. Tech.   <postmaster@cc.caeit.crn.cn>
    Computer System Engineering Institute    <postmaster@dep9.cse.crn.cn>
   Shanghai:
    Fudan University                         <postmaster@cnl.fudan.crn.cn>
    Shanghai JiaoTong University             <postmaster@ee.sjtu.crn.cn>
   Shijiazhuang:
    Shijiazhuang Communication Lab           <postmaster@tcl.scl.crn.cn>
   Chengdu:
    Southwest Communication Institute        <postmaster@tulip.sci.crn.cn>


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