|------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #Internet Tools Summary |=============================================================================== #AUTHOR: John December (decemj@rpi.edu) #DATE: 11 Feb 94; Release 1.40 #COPYRIGHT: 1994 by John December (decemj@rpi.edu). You may use this document for any personal or educational purpose. For-profit use requires my permission. #DISCLAIMER: Provided ``as is'' without expressed or implied warranty. |PURPOSE: to list tools available on the Internet that are used for network |information retrieval (NIR), Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC), or other |services. This is not meant to be a strict categorization or an exhaustive |list, rather a reference catalog. I welcome comments and suggestions. |AUDIENCE: those getting started in understanding what you can do on the |Internet in NIR and CMC; for experienced users, it collects and summarizes |sources of information. |ASSUMPTION: you have access to and know how to use finger, ftp, gopher, |http, telnet, email, World Wide Web, or Usenet newsgroups. |REFERENCES: The references which are listed at the end of this document |provide very useful guides to these tools. |ACTION: The Action notation that I had described in earlier versions |of this document is in the internet-tools.tax file. |NOTES: |1. Respect your access privileges to these tools. |2. This information changes; additions/comments welcome. |3. For demo purposes, I have used Unix commands; certainly Unix is |not the only operating system required for these tools and forums. |Apologies to those who don't have Unix. |4. On the classification (NIR v. CMC): some tools could be used for |either, such as telnet and email. I've placed them in what I feel are |"principle use" categories, e.g., telnet is used mostly for NIR, and |email is commonly used for CMC (although both have applications in the |other category). |5. Many of these tools have applicability off the Internet. Usenet, |for example, is not confined to the Internet, and Internet email |(and thus LISTSERV files) can be exchanged with communication systems |off the Internet (BITNET, fidonet, commercial services.) So this |list is not Internet (only) tools, but tools that can be used |on the Internet. |CONTENTS |Section -0- HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT |Section -1- Network Information Retrieval (NIR) TOOLS |Section -2- Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) FORUMS |Section -3- REFERENCES |Section -4- PROTOCOLS/STANDARDS |Section -5- DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Extended Table of Contents |=============================================================================== |* Section -0- HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT |* Section -1- NETWORK INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (NIR) TOOLS | o Utilities | - Finger | - Netfind | - Nslookup | - Ping | - White Pages | - WHOIS | - X.500 | o Tools | - Archie | - Astra | - Essence | - File Service Protocol (Fsp) | - File Transfer Protocol (Ftp) | - Jughead | - Knowbot | - Maltshop | - Netserv | - Soft Pages | - Telnet | - Veronica | o Systems | - Alex | - Gopher | - Moo Gopher | - Prospero | - Wide Area Information Server (WAIS) | - World Wide Web (WWW) | o Interfaces | - Biomix | - Cello | - Compass | - Emacs World Wide Web Browser | - Hyper-G | - Hytelnet | - Mosaic for X/DOS/Mac | - Lynx |* Section -2- COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC) FORUMS | o Interpersonal | - Email | - Talk | o Group | - Listproc | - LISTSERV | - Majordomo | - Moo | - Multiple-User Dialogue (MUD) | - Procmail | o Mass | - Interactive Webbing (IW) | - Internet Relay Chat (IRC) | - Internet Talk Radio (ITR) | - Mbone | - Usenet |* Section -3- PROTOCOLS/STANDARDS | o INTERNET PROTOCOLS/SERVERS | o OTHER STANDARDS/PROTOCOLS |* Section -4- REFERENCES |* Section -5- DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Section -0- HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT |=============================================================================== |This document is formatted for >80 columns, with the first column identifying the information on each line. |This format allows you to use scripts to filter this information. |See the readme file for information on different formats for this document. |The first character in a column tells what information is on that line. | # precedes document labels. | | precedes comments. | > precedes paper-based information. | * precedes Section titles | o precedes Subsection titles | - precedes Sub-subsection titles | |All network-accessible items (not preceded by one of the above symbols) are of the form: | ITEM_NAME: ACCESS_METHOD PARAMETERS | |Names that are too wide for their columns are continued in the next row. | | ITEM_NAME = a short name describing the information or service. | ACCESS_METHOD = one of {email, finger, ftp, gopher, http, phone, telnet, unix, Usenet news, wais}. | PARAMETERS = further access information depending on ACCESS_METHOD: | ACCESS_METHOD PARAMETERS | ------------- ----------------------------------------------------- | email address "letter-body" | finger address port# | ftp host path-to-directory/file-name | gopher host | http host path-to-directory/file-name | news newsgroup-name | phone phone# | telnet host port# `login-name' | unix command | wais host path | ------------- ----------------------------------------------------- |If any of the parameters are not on the line, they are not needed. |All ftp access uses login-name `anonymous,' unless stated otherwise. |------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |USEFUL Unix Scripts to filter this document: |------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Takes out all comments, and paper-based information: | egrep -v "^\||^>" filename | |Takes out all comments, paper, subsections, sub-subsections: | egrep -v "^\||^>|^o|^-" filename | |Takes out all comments, paper, sections, subsections, sub-subsections |and makes an alpha list: | egrep -v "^\||^>|^\*|^o|^-" filename | sort -u | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |INFORMATION ABOUT UPDATES OF THIS DOCUMENT: |------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internet-tools: ftp ftp.rpi.edu pub/communications/internet-tools.readme |------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internet-tools Use: ftp ftp.rpi.edu pub/communications/internet-tools.use Internet-tools Taxonomy: ftp ftp.rpi.edu pub/communications/internet-tools.tax |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Section -1- NETWORK INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (NIR) TOOLS |=============================================================================== o Utilities - Finger |Definition: Finger retrieves information about user registered on a host computer; Finger description: unix man finger Finger demo: finger decemj@rpi.edu Finger Protocol: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc1288.txt Finger via email: mail b.liddicott@ic.ac.uk Subject: "#finger USER@HOST.DOMAIN" Finger via WWW: http cs.indiana.edu finger/gateway?USER Finger via telnet: telnet HOST@DOMAIN 79 FingerInfo: ftp csd4.csd.uwm.edu pub/fingerinfo Logfinger: finger logfinger@twinbrook.cis.uab.edu - Netfind |Definition: Netfind is a research prototype that provides a simple Internet `white pages' user directory; Netfind description: ftp ftp.cs.colorado.edu pub/cs/distribs/netfind/README Netfind paper: ftp ftp.cs.colorado.edu pub/cs/techreports/schwartz/ASCII/Netfind.Gathering.txt.Z Netfind source: ftp ftp.cs.colorado.edu cs/distribs/netfind/ Netfind via http: http alpha.acast.nova.edu netfind.html Netfind via telnet: telnet mudhoney.micro.umn.edu `netfind' Netfind via email: mail listserv@brownvm.brown.edu "get netfind help" - Nslookup |Definition: Nslookup is an interactive program to query Internet domain name servers (gives IP address); Nslookup man page: unix man nslookup Nslookup command: unix nslookup domain-name - Ping |Definition: Ping requests echo from network host; see if remote host is up; Ping definition: ftp uxc.cso.uiuc.edu utils/ping/README Ping via email: mail b.liddicott@ic.ac.uk Subject: "#ping HOST@DOMAIN" Ping demo: unix /usr/etc/ping -s uwm.edu - White Pages White Pgs/PSI: telnet wp.psi.net `fred' - WHOIS |Definition: WHOIS provides info on registered network names; Whois description: ftp gopher.ucdavis.edu pub/IETF/WNILS/Discussion.Paper Whois specs: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc0954.txt Whois Servers List: ftp sipb.mit.edu pub/whois/whois-servers.list Whois via email: mail service@nic.ddn.mil Subject: whois HOST.DOMAIN Whois via gopher: gopher phantom.bsu.edu 4320 Whois via telnet: telnet rs.internic.net Whois via Unix: unix whois "string" - X.500 |Definition: X.500 provides globally distributed directory service; X.500 Definition: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc1308.txt X.500 Implement: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/fyi/fyi_11.txt X.500 via telnet: telnet rs.internic.net X.500 via gopher: gopher barbarian.rs.itd.umich.edu 7777 o Tools - Archie |Definition: Archie locates files at anonymous FTP sites by filename search; Archie description: ftp archie.ans.net pub/archie/doc/whatis.archie Archie manual page: ftp archie.ans.net pub/archie/doc/archie.man.txt Archie via telnet: telnet archie.ans.net `archie' Archie via WWW: http web.nexor.co.uk archie.html Archie via Unix: unix archie -s STRING Archie via email: mail archie@archie.unl.edu "help" - Astra |Definition: Astra retrieve documents from databases; Astra Help: mail astradb@icnucevm.bitnet "help" Astra documentation: mail astradb@icnucevm.bitnet "GET META DOCUMENT" - Essence |Definition: Essence is a resource discovery system using indexes; Essence description: ftp ftp.cs.colorado.edu pub/cs/distribs/essence/README Essence document: ftp ftp.cs.colorado.edu pub/cs/distribs/essence/Essence.txt.Z - File Service Protocol (Fsp) |Definition: a conectionaless protocol for transferring files FSP FAQ: ftp ftp.germany.eu.net pub/network/inet/fsp/FAQ FSP INFO: ftp ftp.germany.eu.net pub/network/inet/fsp/INFO FSP Sites: mail charro@ee.ualberta.ca Subject: fsp list "help" FSP software: ftp ftp.germany.eu.net pub/network/inet/fsp/ - File Transfer Protocol (Ftp) |Definition: Ftp retrieves or puts copies of files at remote FTP sites; Ftp how to: ftp ftp.sura.net pub/nic/network.service.guides/how.to.ftp.guide FTP: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc0959.txt Ftp FAQ: ftp rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/ftp-list/faq FTP Interface: http hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu ftp-interface.html Ftp via Unix: unix ftp Ftp via email: mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com "help" Ftp via telnet: telnet grind.isca.uiowa.edu File Compression: ftp ftp.cso.uiuc.edu doc/pcnet/compression FTP setup: ftp cert.org pub/tech_tips/anonymous_ftp - Jughead |Definition: Jughead gets menu information from gopher servers; Jughead description: ftp boombox.micro.umn.edu pub/gopher/Unix/GopherTools/jughead/jughead.ReadMe Jughead Search: gopher liberty.uc.wlu.edu 3002 - Knowbot |Definition: Knowbot provides a uniform interface to heterogeneous remote directory services; Knowbot via telnet: telnet info.cnri.reston.va.us 185 - Maltshop |Definition: builds a veronica-access menu on your local gopher server Maltshop script: ftp veronica.scs.unr.edu veronica-code/ - Netserv |Definition: Netserv is a server for access to data files and programs of general interest; Netserv: mail netserv@frmop11.bitnet "get netserv helpfile" - Soft Pages |Definition: Soft Pages aids in retrieval of documents, software, and other resources from servers; Soft Pages documentation: ftp ftp.tohoku.ac.jp pub/spp Project description: ftp cs.ucl.ac.uk osi-ds/osi-ds-39-00.txt - Telnet |Definition: Telnet allows a user to login to a remote computer to use applications; Telnet how: ftp ftp.sura.net pub/nic/network.service.guides/how.to.telnet.guide Telnet tips: http kufacts.cc.ukans.edu hytelnet_html/TELNET.html TELNET: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc0959.txt Telnet demo: telnet downwind.sprl.umich.edu 3000 - Veronica |Definition: Veronica locates titles of Gopher items by keyword search; Veronica definition: ftp veronica.scs.unr.edu veronica/veronica-faq Veronica FAQ: ftp veronica.scs.unr.edu veronica-docs/veronica-faq Veronica Queries: ftp veronica.scs.unr.edu veronica-docs/how-to-query-veronica Gopher/Veronica documentation: ftp ftp.cso.uiuc.edu doc/net/uiucnet/vol6no1.txt Veronica via gopher: gopher veronica.scs.unr.edu o Systems - Alex |Definition: Alex provides transparent read of remote files at anonymous FTP sites; Alex description: ftp alex.sp.cs.cmu.edu usr0/anon/doc/NIR.Tool Alex Web Page: ftp alex.sp.cs.cmu.edu usr0/anon/www/alex.html Alex document: ftp alex.sp.cs.cmu.edu usr0/anon/doc/intro.ps - Gopher |Definition: Gopher locates and retrieves resources using a graph of menus; Gopher guide: ftp boombox.micro.umn.edu pub/gopher/docs/GopherGuide_Jun15b.txt Gopher demo: gopher gopher.micro.umn.edu Gopher via telnet: telnet consultant.micro.umn.edu `gopher' Gopher via email: mail gophermail@ncc.go.jp "help" Gopher source: ftp boombox.micro.umn.edu pub/gopher/00README Gopher documentation: ftp pit-manager.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.answers/gopher-faq Gopher/Veronica documentation: ftp ftp.cso.uiuc.edu doc/net/uiucnet/vol6no1.txt Gopher Newsgroup: news comp.infosystems.gopher - Moo Gopher |Definition: Moo Gopher is a MUD-based gopher interface; Moo Gopher blurb: ftp mailbase.ac.uk pub/lists/unite/files/jays_house.txt Moo Gopher via telnet: telnet jh.ccs.neu.edu 1709 - Prospero |Definition: Prospero provides user-centered view of remote files; Prospero document: ftp prospero.isi.edu pub/prospero/doc/prospero-user-manual.tex.Z Prospero documentation: ftp prospero.isi.edu pub/prospero/doc/README-prospero-documents - Wide Area Information Server (WAIS) |Definition: WAIS retrieves resources by searching indexes of databases; WAIS description: ftp quake.think.com wais/doc/overview.txt WAIS: ftp sunsite.unc.edu pub/docs/about-the-net/libsoft/wais.txt WAIS document: ftp quake.think.com wais/doc/wais-corp.txt WAIS documentation: ftp quake.think.com wais/doc/ WAIS information at UWO: ftp julian.uwo.ca doc/wais/ WAIS, Free: ftp ftp.cnidr.org pub/NIDR.tools/freeWAIS-0.1/README WAIS via telnet: telnet quake.think.com WAIS via telnet: telnet wais.com `wais' WAIS via WWW: http www.ncsa.uiuc.edu SDG/Software/Mosaic/Interfaces/wais/wais-interface.html WAIS newsgroup: news comp.infosystems.wais WAIS clients: ftp sunsite.unc.edu pub/wais/clients/ - World Wide Web (WWW) |Definition: WWW retrieves resources by hyptertext browser of databases; WWW definition: http info.cern.ch hypertext/WWW/LineMode/Defaults/default.html World Wide Web: ftp info.cern.ch pub/www/doc/ WWW guide: http www.hcc.hawaii.edu guide/www.guide.html WWW Info: http www.bsdi.com server/doc/web-info.html WWW General Info: http golgi.harvard.edu www.html WWW 94: http www1.cern.ch/WWW94/Welcome.html WWW Research: http tdsrv1.ul.ie Research/WWW/www-research.html WWW Book: ftp emx.cc.utexas.edu pub/mnt/source/services/www/doc/the_www_book.tex WWW Growth: http www.mit.edu 8001 WWW Bib: http info.cern.ch hypertext/WWW/Bibliography.html 80 WWW faqs/guides: http cui_www.unige.ch OSG/FAQ/www.html WWW FAQ: http www.vuw.ac.nz non-local/gnat/www-faq.html WWW Tools: http info.cern.ch hypertext/WWW/Tools/Overview.html WWW stat: http www.ics.uci.edu WebSoft/wwwstat/ WWW via telnet: telnet info.cern.ch WWW via email: mail listserv@info.cern.ch "www URL" WWW Newsgroup: news comp.infosystems.www o Interfaces - Biomix |Definition: Biomix presents network resources as locations on screen maps; |Note: Not known to be operational Biomix description: ftp mailbase.ac.uk pub/lists/unite/files/biomix.txt - Cello |Definition: Cello is a DOS-based Internet browser incorporating WWW, Gopher, FTP, Telnet, News; Cello source: ftp fatty.law.cornell.edu pub/LII/Cello/ - Compass |Definition: Compass is a system for Internet access to resources and tools for CERFnet subscribers; Compass description: ftp mailbase.ac.uk pub/lists/unite/files/compass.txt - Emacs World Wide Web Browser Emacs WWW: http cs.indiana.edu elisp/w3/docs.html Emacs WWW source: ftp cs.indiana.edu pub/elisp/w3/ - Hyper-G |Definition: Hyper-G is a large-scale, multi-user distributed hypermedia information system; Hyper-G via WWW: http iicm.tu-graz.ac.at ROOT 80 - Hytelnet |Definition: Hytelnet provides Internet access info by hypertext (on network or TSR for DOS); Hytelnet description: ftp ftp.usask.ca pub/hytelnet/README Hytelnet via WWW: http www.cc.ukans.edu hytelnet_html/START.TXT.html Hytelnet via telnet: telnet info.ccit.arizona.edu `hytelnet' Hytelnet search: gopher liberty.uc.wlu.edu 3004 - Mosaic for X/DOS/Mac |Definition: Mosiac is a client for network distributed hypermedia information and discovery; Mosaic home page: http www.ncsa.uiuc.edu SDG/Software/Mosaic/NCSAMosaicHome.html Mosaic FAQ: http www.ncsa.uiuc.edu SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/mosaic-faq.html Mosaic: ftp ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu Mosaic/README.Mosaic Mosaic paper: ftp ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu Mosaic/mosaic-papers/mosaic.ps.Z Amiga Mosaic: http insti.physics.sunysb.edu AMosaic/home.html Mosaic: unix mosaic - Lynx |Definition: a general purpose distributed information browser for the World Wide Web Lynx info: ftp ftp2.cc.ukans.edu pub/lynx/ |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Section -2- COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC) FORUMS |=============================================================================== o Interpersonal - Email |Definition: Email allows a user to send message(s) to another user (or many users via mailing lists); Email How: ftp ftp.sura.net pub/nic/network.service.guides/how.to.email.guide SMTP: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc0821.txt Email 101: ftp mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu etext/etext93/email025.txt Finding Email addresses: ftp sunsite.unc.edu pub/docs/about-the-net/libsoft/email_address.txt College Email addresses: ftp pit-manager.mit.edu pub/usenet/soc.college/ InterNetwork Mail: ftp csd4.csd.uwm.edu pub/internetwork-mail-guide Email echo: mail b.liddicott@ic.ac.uk Subject: "#echo" Email demo: unix mail user@host.domain - Talk |Definition: Talk provides real-time interactive text with another user; Talk man page: unix man talk Talk demo: unix talk user@host.domain o Group - Listproc |Defintion: Listproc is a system that automates mailing lists and archives Listproc info: mail listproc@stormking.com "help listproc" Anastasios Kotsikonas: mail tasos@cs.bu.edu - LISTSERV |Definition: LISTSERV is mailing-list server for group communication; LISTSERV definition: mail listserv@uacsc2.albany.edu "send listserv memo" LISTSERV tips: mail listserv@bitnic.bitnet "get listserv tips" LISTSERV searching: mail listserv@ulkyvm.bitnet "get database search" LISTSERV managing: mail listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu "get kovacs prv2n1" LISTSERV tips: mail listserv@bitnic.bitnet "get listserv tips" LISTSERV guide: mail listserv@earncc.bitnet "get lsvguide memo" Search LISTSERV: http alpha.acast.nova.edu cgi-bin/lists Search LISTSERV WAIS: wais munin.ub2.lu.se 210 Dartmouth Merged SIGL: ftp dartcms1.dartmouth.edu siglists/ Electronic Conferences: ftp ksuvxa.kent.edu library/ - Majordomo |Definition: Majordomo is a mailing list manager Majordomo: mail Majordomo@GreatCircle.COM "help" Brent Chapman: mail brent@greatcircle.com Majordomo Problems: mail Majordomo-Owner@mv.mv.com - Moo |Definition: A Moo is an object-oriented MUD MediaMoo: telnet purple-crayon.media.mit.edu 8888 Moo on a Web: http jh.ccs.neu.edu 7043 Moo info: gopher actlab.rtf.utexas.edu - Multiple-User Dialogue (MUD) |Definition: MUDs are real-time interaction usually for social role-playing; Mud FAQ: ftp ftp.math.okstate.edu pub/muds/misc/mud-faq/ MUD Lists: ftp caisr2.caisr.cwru.edu pub/mud/ MUD WWW Page: http math.okstate.edu mud.html 8001 MUDSs: http ftp.ccs.neu.edu pub/mud/www/muds.html MUD info: gopher actlab.rtf.utexas.edu MUD research: gopher actlab.rtf.utexas.edu MUDWHO via WWW: http math.okstate.edu mudwho.html 8001 Mud Announcements: news rec.games.mud.announce Mud Administration: news rec.games.mud.admin Mud Miscellaneous: news rec.games.mud.misc Mud Tiny: news rec.games.mud.tiny Mud Diku: news rec.games.mud.diku - Procmail |Definition: create mail-servers, mailing lists, sort your incoming mail Procmail source: ftp ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de pub/packages/procmail/ Procmail mailinglist: mail procmail-request@informatik.rwth-aachen.de o Mass - Interactive Webbing (IW) |Definition: people create a common space for network distributed multimedia writing. Free For All: http south.ncsa.uiuc.edu Free.html 8241 BBS Home Page: http indian.irsa.jrc.it BBS/home.html - Internet Relay Chat (IRC) |Definition: IRC provides real-time, many-many text discussion divided into channels; IRC definition: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc1459.txt IRC FAQ: ftp cs.bu.edu irc/support/alt-irc-faq IRC guide: ftp dorm.rutgers.edu pub/Internet.documents/irc.basic.guide IRC documentation: ftp cs.bu.edu irc/support/IRCprimer1.1.txt IRC Web Page: http www.kei.com irc.html IRC via telnet: telnet sci.dixie.edu 6677 IRC connections: http alpha.acast.nova.edu irc/connect.html IRC via Unix: unix irc IRC newsgroup: news alt.irc IRC ircii: news alt.irc.ircii IRC lamers: news alt.irc.lamers IRC recovery: news alt.irc.recovery IRC undernet: news alt.irc.undernet - Internet Talk Radio (ITR) |Definition: ITR is an audio multicast on the Internet; ITR introduction: ftp sunsite.unc.edu pub/talk-radio/ITRintro.readme ITR FAQ: mail info@radio.com Internet Talk Radio sites: mail sites@radio.com ITR FAQ: ftp rftm.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-talk-radio/ ITR Newsgroup: news alt.internet.talk-radio - Mbone |Definition: Mbone is a live audio and video multicast virtual network on top of Internet; Mbone definition: ftp venera.isi.edu mbone/faq.txt - Usenet |Definition: USENET provides asynchronous text discussion on many topics separated into newsgroups; USENET description: ftp rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.answers/what-is-usenet/ USENET documentation: ftp wuarchive.wustl.edu doc/misc/acn/acn4-5.txt.Z NNTP: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc0977.txt Usenet Lists: ftp rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.groups/ Search Usenet WAIS: wais munin.ub2.lu.se 210 Usenet filter: http woodstock.stanford.edu 2000 Usenet filter: mail netnews@db.stanford.edu "help" Beginners group: news news.announce.newusers Usenet addicts: news alt.usenet.addict Usenet humor discussion: news alt.humor.best-of-usenet.d Usenet humor: news alt.humor.best-of-usenet Usenet culture: news alt.culture.usenet Usenet recovery: news alt.usenet.recovery Usenet reader: unix rn newsgroup-name Usenet guide: http ocf.berkeley.edu pub/trnint-3.3.html Usenet post via email: mail hierarchy-group-name@cs.utexas.edu Subject: Your Subject "Your Contents" Usenet via WWW: http info.cern.ch hypertext/DataSources/News/Groups/Overview.html Usenet via gopher: finger lesikar@tigger.stcloud.msus.edu Usenet via telnet: telnet sol.ctr.columbia.edu 119 Usenet periodics: finger nichol@stavanger.sgp.slb.com Usenet posters: mail mail-server@rtfm.MIT.EDU "send usenet-addresses/FIRST LAST" |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Section -3- PROTOCOLS/STANDARDS |=============================================================================== o INTERNET PROTOCOLS/SERVERS IP: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc0791.txt Internet Standards: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/std/INDEX.std Kerberos: ftp rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/comp.protocols.kerberos/ NFS: ftp rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/comp.protocols.nfs/ PPP: ftp rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/comp.protocols.ppp/ SLIP: ftp vtucs.cc.vt.edu filebox/nyman/whatslip.txt SNMP: ftp rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/comp.protocols.snmp/ SOCKS: ftp ftp.nec.com pub/security/socks.cstc/What_Is_SOCKS.CSTC TCP: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/rfc/rfc0793.txt TCP-IP FAQ: ftp rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/comp.protocols.tcp-ip/ Winsock: ftp nebula.lib.vt.edu pub/windows/winsock/wtcpip03.asc o OTHER STANDARDS/PROTOCOLS Telecom stds: ftp rftm.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.answers/standards-faq ISO Protocols: news comp.protocols.iso ISO FAQ: ftp rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/comp.protocols.iso/ OSI: ftp rftm.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.answers/osi-protocols |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Section -4- REFERENCES |=============================================================================== Internet Tools EARN: ftp ns.ripe.net earn/earn-resource-tool-guide.txt Internet Tools NIR: ftp mailbase.ac.uk pub/lists/nir/files/nir.status.report Internet Systems UNITE: ftp mailbase.ac.uk pub/lists/unite/files/systems-list.txt Net Mgt Tools: ftp nic.merit.edu documents/fyi/fyi_02.txt PC Communications: http www.rtd.com pcnfsfaq/faq.html |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Section -5- DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS |=============================================================================== |Internet-tools :describes Internet tools project and other formats of the information |Internet-tools Use :some tips and instructions on using this file |Internet-tools Taxonomy :some notes toward a taxonomy of Internet tools |Finger description :Unix manual page for finger |Finger demo :find out about user decemj@rpi.edu |Finger Protocol :The Finger User Information Protocol, by D. Zimmerman |Finger via WWW :access finger information on USER via World Wide Web |Finger via telnet :access finger via telnet HOST=host on which USER is located, then type USER |FingerInfo :a script to get information via finger, by Scott Yanoff |Logfinger :A Program to Log a Fingerer |Netfind description :a way to find someone on the Internet |Netfind via telnet :using telnet to find someone on the Internet |Netfind via email :use email to find someone on the Internet |Nslookup man page :Unix man page |Nslookup command :command to find out about comand-name |Ping definition :description of Ping and its use |Ping demo :check to see if host uwm.edu is up and roundtrip time |White Pgs/PSI :Performance Systems International White Pages Pilot Project |Whois description :describes whois |Whois specs :NICNAME/WHOIS |Whois Servers List :List of Internet whois servers, by Matt Power |Whois via telnet :at the prompt, enter whois host-name |Whois via Unix :the Unix command for whois, where `string' is the organization/person name or Internet domain name |X.500 Definition :rfc specifying X.500 |X.500 via telnet :at the prompt, enter X500whois host-name |Archie description :archie - An Electronic Directory Service for the Internet, by Deutsch, Emtage, and Heelan |Archie manual page :reference manual page for archie |Archie via telnet :a telnet demo of archie |Archie via WWW :Hypertext Archie Servers |Archie via Unix :Unix command line for hosts with installed archie client, search for STRING |Archie via email :use archie via email |Astra Help :the help file for Astra |Astra documentation :Astra User Guide |Essence description :The distribution includes the following files and directories |Essence document :Essence -- A Resource Discovery System Based on Semantic File Indexing |Ftp how to :A guide to using ftp |FTP :File Transfer Protocol |Ftp FAQ :Anonymous FTP Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List |FTP Interface :look at ftp site lists |Ftp via Unix :Unix command for ftp, once in, type help |Ftp via email :get files at anonymous ftp sites via email. |Ftp via telnet :site at Univ of IA |File Compression :File compression, archiving, and text<->binary formats, by David Lemson |Jughead description :description of current status, by Rhett `Jonzy' Jones |Knowbot via telnet :use a knowbot service via telnet; at the prompt, type `help' |Netserv :a server for access to data files and programs of general interest |Project description :Soft Pages Project, by Johannsen and Mansfield |Telnet how :a guide to using telnet |TELNET :Telnet Protocol |Telnet demo :check the weather |Veronica definition :frequently asked questions and answers about veronica |Veronica via gopher :Search ALL of Gopherspace using veronica |Alex description :NIR (Networked Information Retrieval) description of Alex |Alex Web Page :Alex FTP Filesystem |Gopher guide :Internet Gopher User's Guide, ed. Paul Linder |Gopher demo :a session demonstrating gopher at Univ of Minnesota |Gopher via email :use a gopher via email |Gopher source :description of gopher client sources |Moo Gopher blurb :a short description of Moo gopher |Prospero document :Prospero user's manual, by Neuman and Augart |Prospero documentation :description of prospero documentation available |WAIS description :an overview of WAIS |WAIS :A Sketch of An Overview, by Jeff Kallem |WAIS, Free :a UNIX based, freely available information server. |WAIS clients :client to WAIS in different interfaces (X) |WWW definition :home page for WWW |World Wide Web :retrieves resources by hyptertext browser of databases |WWW guide :Entering the WWW--A Guide to Cyberspace by Kevin Hughes |WWW 94 :First International Conference on the World-Wide Web May 25-26-27 1994, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland) |WWW Research :links to documents on W3 research |WWW Book :a book describing the World Wide Web project |WWW Bib :Bibliography for the World Wide Web |WWW faqs/guides :a list by Oscar Nierstrasz |WWW FAQ :gnat's World Wide Web Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Lists |WWW Tools :Tools for WWW providers |WWW stat :collect usage statistics and output a log summary in HTML forma |WWW via telnet :using WWW via telnet |WWW via email :obtain a web file (e.g., http) via email; URL = Uniform resource locator |Biomix description :BIOMIX current status, by Marcus Pattloch |Cello source :source code |Compass description :Internet Compass-your network guide, CERFnet offers new service for easier Internetting |Emacs WWW :an Emacs subsystem that allows the user to browse the World Wide Web |Hyper-G via WWW :Hyper-G gateway at Graz Univ. of Technology |Hytelnet description :Peter Scott's Hypertext database of publicly accessible Internet sites |Hytelnet search :given a keyword, returns hytelnet entries |Mosaic home page :describes Mosaic, Internet information browser and World Wide Web client |Mosaic :description of how to download and run NCSA Mosaic |Mosaic paper :NCSA Mosaic Technical Summary, by Marc Andreessen |Mosaic :bring up Mosaic on system with client installed |Email How :Introduction to Sending and Receiving Electronic Mail |SMTP :Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |Email 101 :describes how to use email as well as other Internet features, by John Goodwin |Finding Email addresses :how do I find someone's email address? |College Email addresses :information on email addresses at colleges |InterNetwork Mail :methods of sending mail from one network to another, by John Chew and Scott Yanoff |Email echo :sends email back to you |Email demo :Unix (UCB) mail command |Talk man page :Unix manual page for talk |Talk demo :where user@host.domain is known |Anastasios Kotsikonas :Listproc creator |LISTSERV definition :the help file for listserv |LISTSERV searching :tips on searching a listserv discussion for information |LISTSERV managing :How to Start and Manage a BITNET LISTSERV Discussion Group, by Kovacs, McCarty, and Kovacs |LISTSERV tips :List Management Tips for LISTSERV Postmasters and List Owners, by Lisa M. Covi |LISTSERV guide :The Listserv Guide for General Users |Search LISTSERV :search for interesting email lists to join |Search LISTSERV WAIS :WAIS-based search for a Usenet and LISTSERV conferences |Dartmouth Merged SIGL :Special Interest Group Lists |Electronic Conferences :Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences, by Diane K. Kovacs |Brent Chapman :creator of Majordomo |Mud FAQ :frequently asked questions and answers about MUDs |MUD Lists :The Totally Unofficial List of Internet Muds |MUD WWW Page :Experimental MUD Page, information on Muds |MUDSs :Virtual Spaces |MUDWHO via WWW :MUDWHO Access via WWW |Free For All :an example of IW--allows user to place an entry in a list of WWW entries |BBS Home Page :An experiment in interactive webbing |IRC definition :Internet Relay Chat Protocol, by Oikarinen and Reed |IRC FAQ :frequently asked questions and answers list from newsgroup |IRC guide :Basic Guide to IRC |IRC documentation :real-time, many-many text discussion divided into channels |IRC via telnet :using telnet to Undernet |IRC via Unix :Unix command for hosts with an installed IRC client |ITR introduction :Internet Talk Radio, by Carl Malamud |ITR FAQ :Frequently Asked Questions on ITR (Usenet FAQ) |Mbone definition :the frequently asked questions and answers list about Mbone |USENET description :What is Usenet? |USENET documentation :special issue of Amateur Computerist Newsletter about Usenet |NNTP :Network News Transfer Protocol |Usenet Lists :news.groups FAQ directory |Search Usenet WAIS :WAIS-based search for a Usenet and LISTSERV conferences |Usenet filter :personalized netnews delivery service |Usenet filter :personalized netnews delivery service |Beginners group :for people new to USENET |Usenet reader :nn, xrn)mand for hosts with newsreader, rn (other readers |Usenet guide :An Introduction to Usenet News and the trn Newsreader, by Jon Bell |Usenet post via email :post to newsgroup via email |Usenet via WWW :access newsgroups via WWW |Usenet periodics :list of Usenet periodic postings |Usenet posters :find when and from what host person with name FIRST LAST posted to Usenet |IP :Internet Protocol |Kerberos :network authentication system for physically insecure networks |NFS :Network File System will mount remote file systems across homogenous and heterogenous systems |PPP :Internet Standard for transmission of IP packets over serial lines |SLIP :Serial Line Internet Protocol |SNMP :Simple Network Management Protocol |SOCKS :A proxy server for IP hosts behind firewalls |TCP :Transmission Control Protocol |Winsock :accessing the Internet using tcp/ip applications under Microsoft Windows |Telecom stds :International Standards for telecommunication |ISO Protocols :newsgroup |OSI :Open Systems Interconnection protocols |Internet Tools EARN :guide to network resource tools |Internet Tools NIR :A status report on networked information retrieval tools and groups |Net Mgt Tools :Tools for Monitoring and Debugging TCP/IP Internets and Interconnected Devices |PC Communications :PC TCP/IP + NFS FAQ list, by Rawn Shah |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .