If you have information of this type that is worth sharing with colleagues, we hope you will consider contributing it to Susan so we can include it in LawLink. We will always be open to your suggestions for making the newsletter as useful as possible to you. If you want us address specific issues, please tell us. This article is intended to introduce some basic Internet concepts and provide specific examples of useful sources of information. In addition, a hands-on session of Internet training with Gian or Esther can help you get started.
Gopher is the easiest way to find information.
The Gopher utility enables you to have rapid access to a remote computer located anywhere on the Internet. Once you have signed onto the University of Toronto's computer network, you can use the gopher command to connect to the remote location of your choice. Telnet is software that allows users to log in to remote computers on the Internet. Once connected, you can browse databases, run software, read files or retrieve documents. From the Internet you can use the Telnet command to log in to a remote host.