RFC 1175
FYI on where to start: A bibliography of internetworking information
FYI on Where to Start - A Bibliography of Internetworking Information 🎀
- RFC number: 1175 🦋
- Network Working Group, series FYI: 3 (this is an FYI RFC 💅)
- Date: August 1990 🌸
- Authors: K. Bowers (CNRI), T. LaQuey (U Texas), J. Reynolds (ISI), K. Roubicek (BBNST), M. Stahl (SRI), A. Yuan (MITRE) 👑
- Obsoletes / Updates: the title block doesn't list anything here, so there's nothing it replaces or changes 🫶
Status of this Memo ✨
okay so this FYI RFC is a bibliography of info about TCP/IP internetworking. The User Services Working Group (USWG) of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) put it together 🧚. It's giving "for the Internet community" energy: it provides information and does not specify any standard 🙈. Distribution of this memo is unlimited 🌈.
Abstract 💖
The whole point of this bibliography is to hand you a representative pile of resources that helps you get familiar with the concepts of internetworking 📚. It's a starting place, not the finish line. There are references to other sources too, for anyone who wants to go deeper into the issues and complexities of the current networking environment 🔥.
Table of Contents 🍓
INTRODUCTION ................................................... 2
Background and Purpose ......................................... 2
Scope .......................................................... 2
Organization of Document ....................................... 2
Obtaining Files By Anonymous FTP ............................... 3
Submitting Entries to the Bibliography ......................... 4
ARTICLES ....................................................... 6
BIBLIOGRAPHIES .............................................. 9
BOOKS ....................................................... 11
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ................................... 16
GLOSSARIES .................................................. 18
GUIDES ...................................................... 19
MULTIMEDIA .................................................. 23
NEWSLETTERS ................................................. 24
REPORTS AND PAPERS .......................................... 27
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS (RFC) .................................. 31
The Request for Comments Document Series .................... 31
Key Basic Beige RFC Abstracts .................................. 32
APPENDIX A .................................................. 39
APPENDIX B .................................................. 401. Introduction ✨
1a. Background and Purpose 🌷
Story time! On 1 June 1989, a bunch of IETF User Services Working Group members got together for an interim working group session at the JVNC Supercomputer Center in Princeton, NJ 🏛️. The goal was to form a separate working group that would put together a bibliography of useful info about the Internet, for end users and for the people who help them 💅. The first official meeting of the User Documents Working Group happened at the Stanford IETF in July 1989 🎀.
The group wanted to pull together on-line and hard copy documents, reference materials, and multimedia training tools covering general networking info and "how to use the Internet" 📖. The target audience was beginner and intermediate end users 🥹.
1b. Scope 🦋
This bibliography is volunteer work from members of the User Documents Working Group 🫶. The aim is a representative collection of materials that helps you get familiar with the concepts of internetworking and sets you up for future study. Honestly? It's quite simply, a good place to start ✨. References to other sources inside this collection will be super useful if you want to dig deeper into the issues and complexities of the current networking environment 🔍. Please send comments to us-wg@nnsc.nsf.net 💌.
1c. Organization of Document 🧚
This version of the bibliography is split into 10 distinct categories, and each one gets its own section 🌈:
2 ARTICLES
3 BIBLIOGRAPHIES
4 BOOKS
5 CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
6 GLOSSARIES
7 GUIDES
8 MULTIMEDIA
9 NEWSLETTERS
10 REPORTS AND PAPERS
11 REQUESTS FOR COMMENTS (RFCs)Inside each section, things are sorted alphabetically by author or authoring organization, except Section 11: REQUESTS FOR COMMENTS (RFCs), which is ordered numerically 🔢. Every entry has pretty standard bibliographic info plus a short abstract that tells you how to get the material 📎.
If you're a brand new network user and have no idea what to read first, the move is Ed Krol's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet" (it's in the Guide section) 🍓. For a general intro to Internet protocols, two docs are really useful: Charles Hedrick's "Introduction to the Internet Protocols" and Doug Comer's textbook "Internetworking with TCP/IP: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture" 📚. For guides to existing networks, check out Tracy L. LaQuey's "Users' Directory of Computer Networks" and John S. Quarterman's "The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide" 🌸. We strongly encourage you to scan the whole bibliography, because some items might fit your personal needs or site requirements better than you'd expect 🙈. (Heads up: in lots of cases the abstracts are excerpts, copied verbatim from the material they describe 💜.)
1d. Obtaining Files By Anonymous FTP 💻
A lot of the material in this bibliography is available on-line and can be grabbed with the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) 🦋. Here's how to get on-line files by anonymous FTP. The host used in this example is nic.ddn.mil 🌐.
You can get files with the FTP program plus an ANONYMOUS login 🔑. FTP programs vary from system to system, so the commands in this example might need tweaking for your setup 🫠.
% ftp nic.ddn.mil <== Use the FTP program to
connect to nic.ddn.mil
Connected to nic.ddn.mil
220 NIC.DDN.MIL FTP Server 5Z(47)-6 at Fri 23-Jun-89 09:38-PDTYour system should reply with a message saying the connection went through. On a Unix system you'll probably get asked for a login name. Type in "anonymous", like so 👀:
Name (nic.ddn.mil:kbowers): anonymous
331 ANONYMOUS user ok, send real ident as password.
Password: <== Type in <guest> at the password promptSome systems want you to use a "login" or "user" command to send the username to the server instead. If you're not sure which command to use, ask a local site rep 🙋.
Once the username and password are sent, you should see a message confirming the login worked 🥳:
230 User ANONYMOUS logged in at Fri 23-Jun-89 09:39-PDT, job 17.Next, go to the directory where the document you want lives, using the cd command 🗂️:
ftp> cd RFC:
331 Default name accepted. Send password to connect to it.Now you should be in the RFC: directory 💖. Use "dir" or "ls" to list the files in there 📋:
ftp> dir
200 Port 4.124 at host 192.33.33.51 accepted.
150 List started.
*** At this point a list of the files in the directory
should appear **
226 Transfer completed.The get command grabs any file in the directory 📥:
ftp> get RFC821.TXT
200 Port 4.125 at host 192.33.33.51 accepted.
150 ASCII retrieve of TS<RFC>RFC.821.TXT.1 (49 pages) started.
226 Transfer completed. 124482 (8) bytes transferred.
local: RFC.821.TXT remote: RFC.821.TXT
124482 bytes received in 55 seconds (2.2 Kbytes/s)And quit leaves the FTP program 👋:
ftp> quit
221 QUIT command received. Goodbye.1e. Submitting Entries to the Bibliography 💌
This is the first version of the "Where to Start" bibliography 🎉. Comments and suggested entries are welcome, and you should send them by electronic mail to us-wg@nnsc.nsf.net 📧.
To submit an entry, give the following details as appropriate 📝:
Author or authoring organization:
Editor (if author is unavailable):
Title:
Journal (example: Time Magazine):
Volume:
Number:
Number of pages:
Specific pages within which the article is contained:
Publisher or publishing organization:
City of Publication:
Date of document:
Material category (Choose only one: article; bibliography; book;
conference/ workshop; glossary; guide;
multimedia; newsletter; on-line file;
report/paper; RFC):
Abstract: (Please provide a one paragraph abstract describing
the thrust of the document/reference material/
multimedia training tool. Within the abstract
include information on how one can obtain the
material described. See the entries in this
bibliography for examples.)2. ARTICLES 📚
Bell, Gordon, "Gordon Bell Calls for a U.S. Research Network," IEEE Spectrum, vol. 25, no. 2, pa. 54-57, IEEE Spectrum, New York, NY, Feb 1988.
okay so this one's written by Gordon Bell, the former Chair of the FCCSET subcommittee on computer networking, infrastructure and digital communications 👑 he argues that a national network is worth it, and that it could totally spark huge advances in computing and communications research 🚀 his fave option is a national research network run and maintained by the Federal government. but it only works if there's strong leadership in communications and a coordinated Federal science and technology policy 🏛️ no cap, the leadership part is the whole vibe 💅
Catlett, Charles E., "The NSFNET: Beginnings of a National Research Internet," Academic Computing, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 18-21, Academic Computing Publications, Inc., McKinney, TX, January 1989.
this one breaks down the different layers of the NSFNET 🧁 it's one of several articles in this issue of Academic Computing that's all about networking, so it's a whole networking moment 🌐
Horwitt, Elisabeth, "Science to Take the High-Speed Route," ComputerWorld, vol. 23, no. 33, p. 1, CW Publishing, Framingham, MA, August 14, 1989.
this article is giving philosophy behind NREN 💫 it covers why a 3 Gigabit network is needed, and the people quoted include Senator Albert Gore, Jr., Steve Wolff (NSF) and Ken King (EDUCOM) 🎀 very name-drop, very iconic 🫶
Jacobsen, Ole J., "Information on TCP/IP," ConneXions, The Interoperability Report, vol. 2, no. 7, pp. 14-15, Interop, Inc., Mountain View, CA, July 1988.
this is basically a reference guide for finding more info on TCP/IP and networks in the Internet 🦋 bookmark it, bestie 🔖
Jacobsen, Ole J., "Information Sources," ConneXions, The Interoperability Report, vol. 3, no. 12, pp. 16-19, Interop, Inc., Mountain View, CA, December 1989.
this is the glow-up of the July 1988 article 🌸 it's updated and covers TCP/IP, OSI, and other networking topics too ✨
LaQuey, Tracy L., "Networks for Academics," Academic Computing, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 32-39, Academic Computing Publications, Inc., McKinney, TX, November 1989.
ngl this one is so good 🤓 there are a bunch of computer networks serving academic needs on campuses across the nation, and their focuses are really different. it's super common for a campus to subscribe to multiple networks 🙈 this article is an overview of the major players. the November 1989 issue of Academic Computing also has other interesting networking articles, so go check those out too 💜
Markoff, John, "A Supercomputer in Every Pot," New York Times, p. 1, New York, NY, December 29, 1988.
this article is about why we need a gigabit national network 🌈 the goal is to give researchers high speed access to remote resources, and to help develop other useful network applications 🔥
Quarterman, John S. and Josiah C. Hoskins, "Notable Computer Networks," Communications of the ACM, vol. 29, no. 10, pp. 932-971, Association from Computing Machinery, Inc., New York, NY, October 1986.
this is a summary of the state of networks as of late 1986 🕰️ it was super influential back in the day and is still historically interesting, but it's since been superseded by Quarterman's Book, The Matrix, published in October 1989 📖 so it's kind of a classic now 👑
Quarterman, John S., "Etiquette and Ethics," ConneXions - The Interoperability Report, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 12-16, Advanced Computing Environments, Mountain View, CA, March 1989.
okay this one is so real 😭 learning how to actually use a computer system takes way longer than just learning how to make it do stuff. using a system without offending other users, and getting the most out of it, is etiquette. using it without harming others is ethics. these two aren't totally separate, and etiquette kinda bleeds into ethics as things get more serious 💀 the article talks through both and offers some suggested guidelines for appropriate behavior 🫶
Quarterman, John S., "Mail through the Matrix," ConneXions - The Interoperability Report, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 10-15, Advanced Computing Environments, Mountain View, CA, February 1989.
so there's this worldwide metanetwork of computer networks 🌍 they use different protocols at the network or internet layer, but they still talk to each other at the application layer. the non-commercial ones (academic, research, or military, for example) are sometimes called Worldnet 🎓 there are also some commercial networks and conferencing systems plugged in, and the whole metanetwork including all of them is called the Matrix ✨ this article is about some of the problems with email going through the Matrix 📧
Schneidewind, Norman F., "Interconnecting Local Networks to Long-distance Networks," IEEE Computer Magazine, vol. 16, no. No. 9, pp. 15-24, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA 90720, 10662 Los Vaqueros, (714) 821-8380, September 1983.
this one is all about how interconnection approaches, network access, network services, and protocol functions are related and overlap 🧩 which approach you pick comes down to user requirements and existing specifications 📋 it also gives applications to TCP/IP and the DDN Internet 💖
3. BIBLIOGRAPHIES 🗂️
Granrose, Jon, List of Anonymous FTP Sites.
this is a list of Internet sites that accept anonymous ftp 🧚 you can find it on host pilot.njin.net in directory pub/ftp-list, and check the files index, help and README for more info 📁 it also gets regularly posted to the USENET newsgroups comp.misc and comp.sources.wanted 📬 for more details, send electronic mail to odin@pilot.njin.net 💌
Mogul, Jeffrey C., The Experimental Literature of The Internet: An Annotated Bibliography, 11 pgs., Digital Equipment Corporation, Palo Alto, CA, 1988.
this annotated bibliography tries to sift out the Internet literature that treats it as an experiment, and highlights the publications that share the experience the experimenters gained 🔬 this technical note was first published as WRL Research Report 88/3 📄 for more info, contact: Digital Western Laboratory, 100 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94301 📮
Partridge, C. ed., SIGCOMM Bibliographies, Computer Communication Review, ACM, New York, NY, Quarterly.
SIGCOMM puts out a quarterly bibliography of recent publications in computer networking 🗓️ it's published in Computer Communication Review and also goes online on nnsc.nsf.net 💻
Sethi, Adarshpal S., Bibliography of Network Management, Computer Communication Review, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 58-75, ACM SIGCOMM, New York, NY, July 1989.
this bibliography has nearly 200 articles on Network Management 🤯 some of the big topics are Performance Monitoring and Management, Fault Management and Diagnosis, LAN Management, Management of Telecommunication Networks, and AI Applications in Network Management 🧠 it's also online on host nnsc.nsf.net, directory CCR/jul89, filename sethi.ps (postscript format) 🖨️
Spurgeon, Charles, List of University of Texas Network System (UTnet) Guides and Documents, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, May 17, 1990.
this is a list of documents about the University of Texas at Austin network system (UTnet) 🤠 they're meant for UTnet users, system administrators, and anyone dealing with departmental networks and hosts attached to UTnet 🏫 the list covers usage guidelines, TCP/IP host configuration, IP addresses and routing, UNIX security, networking terms, subnet policy, subnet gateway installation, and broadcast storms and packet avalanches ⛈️ even though these docs are UTnet-specific, they can still be useful to other sites 🫶 this list, which describes the documents and how to get them, is online on host emx.utexas.edu, directory pub/netinfo/utnet, filename README 📖
Spurgeon, Charles, Network Reading List, 27 pgs., The University of Texas at Austin Computation Center, Austin, TX, April 1990.
this is an annotated list of books and other resources for network managers using TCP/IP, UNIX, and Ethernet 📚 these three technologies share one big thing: network managers can use them to build interoperable network systems across a wide range of vendor equipment 🌈 the list is meant for campus network managers at the University of Texas at Austin, or anywhere TCP/IP, UNIX, and Ethernet are used for computer communications 💜 it's available on-line on host emx.utexas.edu, directory pub/netinfo/docs, filenames network-reading-list.txt or network-reading-list.ps (.txt is in ascii format and .ps is in postscript format) 🖥️
SRI International, Network Information Systems Center, Bibliography About Network Protocols: A List for Background Reading, 7 pgs., SRI International, Network Information Systems Center, Menlo Park, CA, October 1989.
this is a bibliography of recent articles and books about TCP and IP, X.25, the Transport Protocol (TP-4), OSI and other standards 🧵 the DDN Network Information Center compiled it as a background reading list for vendors, and it cites mostly open literature with a bunch of different viewpoints 🎨 heads up, this list does NOT contain references to the Requests for Comments (RFCs) 🙈 it's on-line on host nic.ddn.mil, directory netinfo:, file protocols-dod.bib 🍓
Wobus, John M., Syracuse University Network Bibliography, Syracuse University Computing & Network Services, Syracuse, NY, April 9, 1990.
this is a bibliography of publications on various kinds of networking 🍎 it's meant for Syracuse University, and includes stuff specific to Syracuse University as well as publications of more general interest 🎓 it's available online via anonymous ftp to host icarus.cns.syr.edu, directory info, filename netbib.txt 🧚♀️
4. BOOKS ✨
Anderson, Bart, Bryan Costales, Harry Henderson, and The Waite Group, UNIX Communications, 542 pgs., Howard W. Sams & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1987. 📚
Okay bestie, this one is giving UNIX mail, USENET News, and UUCP all in one place 💅 It's a solid overview with a comprehensive intro and clear examples. 🌸
Arms, Caroline, Campus Networking Strategies, 321 pgs., Digital Press, Bedford, MA, 1988. 🎀
Literally a whole survey of ten colleges and universities that planned and rolled out big networking projects 🔥 The case studies cover the planning process, the technical issues, and the financing and management of an ongoing service organization. There are chapters on protocols and standards, wiring, and national networks, plus a glossary of common networking terms. This book is a project of the EDUCOM Networking and Telecommunications Task Force (NTTF), a group of research universities working together to support the development of computer networking technology. 🧚
Arms, Caroline ed., Campus Strategies for Libraries and Electronic Information, Vol. 3, 404 pgs., Digital Press, Bedford, MA, 1989. 🦋
This one is a deep dive into planning and implementing libraries and information systems in higher education. It's volume 3 in the EDUCOM Strategies Series on Information Technology. Order source for EDUCOM members is: pubs@educom.edu. Order source for non-members is: 1-800-343-8321. Order number: ey-cl85e.dp. 💜
Batt, Fred, Online Searching for End Users: An Information Sourcebook, 116 pgs., Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ, 1988. 🍓
A sourcebook for computer and information science that includes bibliographies and indexes. Very useful, very organized 🫶
Comer, Douglas E., Internetworking With TCP/IP: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture, 382 pgs., Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1988. 👑
Okay this book is the TCP/IP main character 😭 It gives an overview and intro to TCP/IP, and it contains an overview of the Internet. It reviews the underlying network technologies and examines the internetworking concept and architectural model. It covers the basics of Internet addressing and routing as well as protocol layering. It explores the core gateway system and the protocol gateways used to exchange routing information, and it discusses the application level services available in the Internet. It also has several useful appendices, including RFCs, a glossary of Internet terms, and the official DARPA Internet protocols. ✨
Connors, Martin, Computers and Computing Information Resources, 1271 pgs., Gale Research Co., Detroit, MI, 1987. 🌈
A guide to approximately 6,000 print, electronic, and "live" sources of information on general and specific computer-related topics across all disciplines. That's a LOT of sources, babe 💀
Feinler, Elizabeth J., Ole J. Jacobsen, Mary K. Stahl, and Carol A. Ward, DDN Protocol Handbook, 2749 pgs. [3 volumes], SRI International, DDN Network Information Center, Menlo Park, CA, December 1985. 🔥
This is a three volume collection of documents about how to attach computers to the Defense Data Network (DDN) using the Department of Defense (DoD) suite of protocols. Volume one contains official military standard protocols, like the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Volume two includes all of the official Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) protocols. The final volume has supplementary material of interest to protocol implementors. The handbook also presents general information about the protocol standardization process itself, the agencies involved and their roles, and the means for obtaining further information. Available from SRI International, DDN Network Information Center, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Room EJ291, Menlo Park, CA 94025. 🎀
Frey, Donnalyn and Rick Adams, !%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks, Second Edition, 284 pgs., O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol, CA 1990. 🧚♀️
This handbook covers electronic mail addressing and networks. It contains an electronic mail tutorial, short descriptions of networks, and helpful indices of domain names and ISO codes. It also has several useful appendices: second-level domains sorted by organization name, second-level domains sorted by domain name, ISO country codes sorted by country, same sorted by code, and UUCP mail handling. 🦋
Garcia-Luna-Aceves, Jose J., Mary K. Stahl, and Carol A. Ward, Internet Protocol Handbook: The Domain Name System (DNS) Handbook, 219 pgs., SRI International, Network Information Systems Center, Menlo Park, CA, August 1989. 🌸
This handbook explains the Domain Name System (DNS) and the Internet Host Table. It's volume four of the DDN Protocol Handbook (see Feinler, E., et. al., DDN Protocol Handbook). It's split into two sections. The first covers the concepts and philosophy of the DNS as discussed in various articles and Requests for Comments (RFCs). The second focuses on the transition from the Internet Host Table to the DNS. Detailed information on DNS protocol standards and implementations is provided, as are guidelines for establishing and operating domain name servers. The handbook wraps up with a glossary of DNS acronyms. Available from SRI International, Network Information Systems Center, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Room EJ291, Menlo Park, CA 94025. 💖
Karrenberg, Daniel and Anke Goos, European R&D E-mail Directory, 210 pgs., European Unix Systems Users' Group, Owles Hall, Owles Lane, Buntingford, Herts, England, December 1988. 🌍
This book is a reference for all organizations reachable by EARN and EUNet, the two major European electronic mail networks serving the research and development community. It has an electronic mail tutorial and organization indexes. For more information, send electronic mail to euug@inset.uucp, or call +44 763 73039. 📬
LaQuey, Tracy L., User's Directory of Computer Networks, 653 pgs., Digital Press, Bedford, MA, May, 1990. 🗺️
This directory has detailed lists of hosts, site contacts, and administrative domains, plus general info on over 40 major networks. It includes tutorials on the Domain Name System, X.500, and Electronic Mail. An Organization List covers universities, colleges, research institutions, government agencies, and companies, and cross references much of the network and host information in the directory. Most of the lists and articles are provided or written by Network Information Centers and network contacts. For more information, send electronic mail to netbook@nic.the.net. ✨
McConnell, John, Internetworking Computer Systems : Interconnecting Networks and Systems, 318 pgs., Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1988. 🎀
An advanced reference series on internetworking computer systems and computer networks. Includes bibliographical references and index. 🧠
Quarterman, John S., The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide, 746 pgs., Digital Press, Bedford, MA, 1990. 🌐
This is the successor to the article "Notable Computer Networks" published by the CACM, October 1986. It contains background material introducing important topics for readers who aren't familiar with networks and conferencing systems. It describes specific systems, organized geographically, to make it easier to discuss regional history. Maps are included. Syntaxes and gateways are provided for sending mail from one system to another. Access information is given for those who want to join or research a system. Each chapter ends with extensive reference sections, including a sixty page index of programs and protocols, networks and gateways, places and people. For more information, send electronic mail to matrix@longway.tic.com. 💜
Rose, Marshall T., The Open Book: A Practical Perspective on OSI, 651 pgs., Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989. 🫶
A comprehensive book about Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), focused on the pragmatic side: what OSI is, how OSI is implemented, and how OSI is integrated with existing networks. To give that practical look, the book makes consistent comparisons and analogies between the OSI pieces and the TCP/IP suite of networking protocols. 🔥
Stallings, William, Handbook of Computer-Communications Standards Volume 1: The Open System (OSI) Model and OSI-Related Standards, Macmillan, New York, NY, 1990. 📖
Stallings, William, Handbook of Computer-Communications Standards Volume 2: Local Area Network Standards, Macmillan, New York, NY, 1990. 📖
Stallings, William, Handbook of Computer-Communications Standards Volume 3: The TCP/IP Protocol Suite, Macmillan, New York, NY, 1990. 📖
This series systematically covers the major standards topics, and it gives the introductory and tutorial material you won't find in the actual standards documents 🌸 These books are a primary reference for anyone who needs to understand the technology, implementation, design, and application issues related to the standards. 💅
Stoll, Clifford, The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy through the Maze of Computer Espionage, Doubleday, New York, NY, 1989. 🕵️♀️
Clifford Stoll, an astronomer turned UNIX System Administrator, tells an exciting, true story about how he tracked a computer intruder through the maze of American military and research networks. It's easy to understand and makes an interesting intro to the world of networking. Jon Postel says in a book review that this book "... is absolutely essential reading for anyone that uses or operates any computer connected to the Internet or any other computer network." 😭🫶
Tanenbaum, Andrew S., Computer Networks, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1988. 🌈
A reference for computer communications. In addition to OSI, some aspects of TCP/IP are discussed. ✨
Todinao, Grace, Using UUCP and USENET: A Nutshell Handbook, 199 pgs., O'Reilly and Associates, Newton, MA, 1986. 🧚
This handbook outlines how to communicate with both UNIX and non-UNIX systems using UUCP and cu. By example, it shows how to read news and post your own articles to other USENET members. 💖
5. CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS 🎀
ACM SIGCOMM Symposium, The Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY.
Okay bestie, the annual ACM SIGCOMM Symposium is the major ACM conference on research on computer communication 💅 It's an international forum for presenting and discussing communication network applications and technologies, plus recent advances and proposals on communication architectures, protocols, algorithms, and performance models. Papers on any field in computer communication are welcomed ✨ It typically accepts about 25% of the papers submitted, so it's giving selective 😭 ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM) is the professional society for people into computer communication. It was established as an ACM SIG in 1969, and on top of hosting the SIGCOMM conference, it published a quarterly journal, Computer Communication Review 📖 If you want more info, send electronic mail to sigs@acmvm (Bitnet) or contact the Association for Computing Machinery at 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036-8097. Phone (212) 869-7440, fax (212) 869-0481 🌸
INTEROP Conference and TCP/IP OSI/ISO ISDN Internetworking Tutorials, Interop, Inc., Mountain View, CA.
Interop, Inc. hosts a bunch of tutorials on internetworking topics, including TCP/IP, OSI, X-Windows, ISDN, and so on 🧚 They run alongside the INTEROP conference and also pop up in several locations in the US and Europe throughout the year. In-house training can be arranged too 🍓 INTEROP itself is held every October and follows a 2 days of tutorials, then 3 days of technical sessions format. There's also a huge tradeshow where vendors demo interoperability on the show network, which is literally iconic 👑 That show network, dubbed "Show and Tel-Net," is also connected to several wide area networks, including the Internet, during the conference 🦋 For more information, contact Interop, Inc., 480 San Antonio Road, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94040. Phone: (415) 941-3399 or 1-800-INTEROP, FAX: (415) 949-1779.
National Net Conference, EDUCOM, Washington, DC.
This one is the annual forum where the National Research and Education Network (NREN) partnership among education, government, and industry is being forged 🌈 It helps build strategic alliances to hit the NREN goals: advancing research productivity and technology transfer, broadening collaboration among the nation's leading scientists, and improving educational access and quality 🫶 For more information, contact EDUCOM, 1112 16th Street, NW, EDUCOM, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 872-4200.
EDUCOM Conference, EDUCOM, Washington, DC.
EDUCOM conferences are a forum for policymakers, administrators, faculty, and corporate and government representatives who want to learn more about current and emerging trends in information technology 🎀 That covers campus computing strategy and policy, networking, and computer applications in teaching, research, and administration. For more information, contact EDUCOM, 1112 16th Street, NW, EDUCOM, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036 (202) 872-4200 💜
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Corporation for National Research Initiatives, Reston, VA, Plenaries held 3 times/year.
Okay, this is the one I'm obsessed with 😭🫶 The IETF is a large, open community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers. Its purpose is to coordinate the operation, management, and evolution of the Internet, and to resolve short- and mid-range protocol and architectural issues ✨ It's a major source of proposed protocol standards, which are submitted to the Internet Activities Board for final approval. The IETF meets three times a year, and extensive minutes of the plenary proceedings are issued 🔥 For more information, send electronic mail to ietf-request@venera.isi.edu or contact the Corporation for National Research Initiatives, 1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100, Reston, VA 22091, Attn: IAB Secretariat 🦋
Open Systems Interconnection - OSI, The Omnicom Institute.
Omnicom, Inc. is a comprehensive source for information and training in the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) industry 🌸 They offer training courses, a newsletter service, and consulting and technical support services. For more information, contact Omnicom Inc., 115 Park Street, SE, Vienna, VA 22180-4607. Phone: (703) 281-1135, FAX: (703) 281-1505 💅
Communication Networks Conference & Exposition, IDG Conference Management Group.
This group runs 5-6 conferences a year, focusing on network management, communications, OSI, standards, TCP/IP, and assorted associated tutorials 🌈 For more information, contact IDG Conference Management Group, P.O. Box 9171, Framingham, MA 01701. Telephone: (800) 225-4698, (508) 879-6700, FAX: (508) 872-8237 🧚
6. GLOSSARIES 📚
Colorado State University, Glossary of Networking Terms, 2 pgs., Colorado State University, Boulder, CO.
This is a condensed version of more common networking terms, put together by Colorado State University 🍓 It's available on host csupwb.colostate.edu, in directory general.info, file glossary.network 💜
Darcy, Laura ed. and Louise Boston, ed., Webster's New World Dictionary of Computer Terms, 282 pgs., Simon and Schuster, New York, NY.
This dictionary covers electronic data processing and computer terms 🎀
Edmunds, Robert A., The Prentice-Hall Standard Glossary of Computer Terminology, 489 pgs., Prentice-Hall, Business and Professional Division, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1985.
This is a standard glossary of computer terminology, very classic, very reliable 🫶
Freedman, Alan, The Computer Glossary: The Complete Illustrated Desk, 776 pgs., AMACOM, New York, 1988.
This glossary has over 3000 definitions of computer terms ✨ It can also be used as an encyclopedia for using, understanding, and benefiting from computers. Literally a whole library in one book 🌸
7. GUIDES 📚✨
okay bestie, this is the guides shelf and it's stacked 💖 every entry gives you the citation first, then a little blurb about what's inside and where to grab it.
California Education and Research Federation Network - CERFnet, CERFnet User's Guide, May 1990, approx. 60 pgs., California Education and Research Federation Network-CERFnet, San Diego, CA, May 1990.
This one is a whole vibe 🎀 CERFnet User's Guide has general info on CERFnet (like a topology map and membership list), acceptable use policies, troubleshooting procedures, descriptions of the CERFnet mailing lists and network information services, and info on the NSFNET and MERIT, other mid-level networks, and the Internet. It also includes the Internet Resource Guide made by the NNSC, the Internet Accessible Library Catalogs and Databases by Dr. Art St. George, and other useful articles. You can find it on-line on NIC.CERF.NET, directory cerfnet, filename cerfnet_guide. Both postscript and ascii versions exist. For a hard copy, email help@cerf.net. Heads up, CERFnet charges a fee for hard copies.
Chew, John J. ed., Inter-Network Mail Guide, 4 pgs., Trigraph, Inc., Toronto, Canada, December 89 (issued monthly).
This bulletin is all about sending mail from one network to another 📬 It's maintained by John J. Chew (poslfit@gpu.UTCS.UToronto.CA) and posted monthly to comp.mail.misc and news.newusers.questions (USENET newsgroups). It's also on the LISTSERV at UNMVM. Send a message to listserv@unmvm (or listserv%unmvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu) and in the body say GET NETWORK GUIDE, and the guide will be sent to you. For more info, email Intermail-Request@intermail.isi.edu.
Colorado State University Computer Center, Colorado State University's SUBNET MANAGER'S GUIDE, 32 pgs., Colorado State University Computer Center, Ft. Collins, CO, April 1989.
This one was written for CSUNET's subnet managers, but it has general reference material with common networking questions and concerns 🦋 It's on-line on host csupwb.colostate.edu, directory subnet.managers.info, filename guide.
Damon, Lee and Dale Weber, How to use the UUCP <===> Fido-Net<tm> Gateway, 6 pgs. (19640 bytes), Plano, TX, December 9, 1988.
A tutorial that explains how to send mail from a Fido-Net site to or from a UUCP or Internet site 🌸 Find it on-line on host emx.utexas.edu, directory user.wg/documents, filename internet.fidonet.
Dennett, Stephen C. ed., Elizabeth J. Feinler, ed., Francine Perillo, ed., Mary K. Stahl, ed., and Carol A. Ward, ed., DDN New User Guide, 74 pgs., DDN Network Information Center, Menlo Park, CA, December 1985, revised November 1987.
This is the starter pack for new DDN users 🧚 It covers the structure of the DDN and how it's administered, network connection, registration, network use and services, and a bibliography and glossary of terms. The appendices have info on network special interest groups (SIGs), commonly-asked questions, and network contacts. It's on-line on host nic.ddn.mil, directory netinfo:, filename nug.doc. If you want hard copies, write to SRI International, Network Information Systems Center, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Room EJ291, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Dorio, Nancy, Marlyn Johnson, Sol Lederman, Elizabeth Redfield, and Carol A. Ward, DDN Protocol Implementations and Vendors Guide, 386 pgs., SRI International, DDN Network Information Center, Menlo Park, February 1989.
This is a reference guide to products and implementations tied to the DoD Defense Data Network (DDN) group of communication protocols 🔥 It focuses on Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and OSI. It has four sections: information on policy and evaluation procedures; software and hardware implementations; and a discussion on analysis tools, with a focus on protocol and network analyzers. Any products mentioned are not specifically endorsed or recommended by the Defense Communications Agency (DCA). You can get it on-line on host nic.ddn.mil, directory netinfo:, file vendors-guide.doc, or contact SRI International, Network Information Systems Center, 333 Ravenswood Ave,. Room EJ291, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Krol, Ed, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet, 24 pgs., University of Illinois Urbana, Urbana-Champaign, IL, September 1989.
A quick intro to the concepts, jargon, pitfalls and structure of the TCP/IP Internet 🌈 It also has instructions (with examples) for finding and fetching more info from various Network Information Centers, hints on retrieving on-line files, and how to be a good Internet neighbor 🫶 Find it on-line on host nic.ddn.mil, directory RFC, filename RFC1118.TXT.
Link, Adrianne, UNIX Mail Hints, 7 pgs., National Center for Atmospheric Research Scientific Computing Division, Boulder, CO, May 1988.
Several useful UNIX mail procedures, written for people who already know UNIX mail 💅 For more info, email Mary Buck, maryb@ncar.ucar.edu, or contact the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Scientific Computing Division, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000. (303) 497-1232
NSF Network Service Center, Internet Resource Guide, 170 pgs., NSF Network Service Center, Cambridge, MA, 1989.
This is a guide to computational resources, library catalogs, archives, white pages, networks and network information centers, all available via the Internet ⭐ It includes descriptions and contacts for specific info. It's on-line on host nnsc.nsf.net, directory resource-guide. Subscription requests go to resource-guide-request@nnsc.nsf.net, or you can contact the NNSC at (617) 873-3400.
Pritchett, Norm, Centralized Mail Systems Summary, 8 pgs. (25446 bytes), Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, May 23, 1989.
A summary of a survey asking what people were doing with centralized mail systems 📮 It includes points-of-contact for the assorted mail systems addressed. Find it on-line on host emx.utexas.edu, directory user.wg/documents, filename central.mail.survey.
St. George, Dr. Art and Mr. Ron Larsen, Internet-Accessible Library Catalogs and Databases, 18 pgs, University of New Mexico and University of Maryland, Albuquerque, NM, December 1989.
This is an ongoing project listing on-line library catalogs and databases available within the United States 📖 (The listing will be modified in the future to include available overseas libraries as well.) It's organized by state, and then by catalog and database source. To get it, send a message to listserv@unmvm (or listserv%unmvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu) and in the body say GET INTERNET LIBRARY (text) or GET LIBRARY PS (Postscript). The list will be sent to you. For more info, email stgeorge@unmb.bitnet or stgeorge%unmb.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu.
IETF NOC Tools Working Group, Stine, Robert ed., Network Management Tool Catalog: Tools for Monitoring and Debugging TCP/IP Internets and Interconnected Devices, 187 pgs. (278217 bytes ascii or 126 pgs./511546 bytes postscript), Sparta, Inc., McLean, VA, December 1989.
This catalog is a full toolbox 🧰 It describes tools that help network managers debug and maintain TCP/IP internets and interconnected communications resources. Each entry tells you what a tool does, how it works, and how to get it. There's also a useful network management tutorial in the appendix. It's on-line on host nic.ddn.mil, directory FYI or RFC, with filenames FYI2.txt or RFC1147.txt or FYI2.ps or RFC1147.ps (.txt is in ascii format and .ps is in postscript format). For more info, email us-wg@nnsc.nsf.net.
8. MULTIMEDIA 🎬🍓
National Net Audiotapes, Recorded Resources Corporation, Millersville, MD, 1988, 1989, 1990.
These tapes were recorded during sessions of the annual National Net conferences, which have been held since 1987 in Washington, D.C. 🎧 The conference is described in this bibliography under Conferences and Workshops. Availability: 1988, 38 tapes; 1989, 33 tapes; 1990, 16 tapes. For more info, contact Recorded Resources Corporation, 8360 Maryland Rte. 3, Suite 16, P.O. Box 647, Millersville, MD 21108. (301) 621-7120
IBM, MCI and Merit, The National Network, 20 min., MCI Video Production Center, McLean, VA, 1989.
This presentation on the National Research and Education Network 🌟 shows off computer-based applications like sharing distributed data for medical diagnosis, collaborating on advanced research and technology projects, and more. To get a copy, write to Arvyette Patterson, MCI Video Library, 8003 West Park Drive, McLean, VA 22102. (703) 749-7234.
MIDNET, MIDNET 1989 Videotape, 5 min., MIDnet, Lincoln, NE, 1989.
A short film about why MIDNET exists 🎥 It's one of the geographically regional networks connected to the NSFNet backbone, and the film explains its relationship to other networks. For more info, contact MIDNET, Computing Resource Center, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 326 Administration, Lincoln, NE 68588. (402) 472-5108.
9. NEWSLETTERS 💌
Okay bestie, this part is all about newsletters 📰✨ Each entry below tells you what the newsletter covers, how often it comes out, and how to subscribe or get in touch.
PSINet Connection, PSI, Inc., Reston, VA.
PSINet Connection is a bi-monthly newsletter 🦋 It helps you figure out how to use the Internet, covers national PSINet activities and network growth, and shares commentary on current technical issues. For more info, email info@psi.com or write to PSINet Connection, PO Box 3850, Reston, VA 22091. Phone (703) 620-6651.
CERFnet News, California Education and Research Federation Network (CERFnet), San Diego, CA.
CERFnet News comes out six times a year from the California Education and Research Federation Network (CERFnet) 🌴 It's packed with stuff for CERFnet users and Internet users alike: network technologies (ex.: FDDI), a report on the latest CERFnet activities, political and legislative networking news, articles about online resources (ex.: databases and library catalogs), and a column on notable Internet activity 👀 You can read it online on host sds.sdsc.edu or nic.cerf.net, in the directory cerfnet_news. For more info, email cerf-help@sds.sdsc.edu or contact the CERFnet office, c/o San Diego Supercomputer Center, P. O. Box 85608, San Diego, CA 92138-5608. (619) 534-5087
CICnet, The Seeing Eye, CICNet, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI.
The Seeing Eye is a bimonthly publication all about CICNet, Inc. activities 🎀 (CIC stands for Committee on Institutional Cooperation, so now you know!) It talks about electronic communication and cooperation among universities, governments, and corporations, plus building a coherent national research and education network 🌈 For more info, email maloff@merit.edu, or contact The CICNet Information Source, CICNet, Inc., 535 West William, Ann Arbor, MI. 48103-4943. (313) 747-4272
ConneXions, Interop, Inc., Mountain View, CA.
ConneXions - The Interoperability Report is published monthly 💜 It covers the computer and communications industry, with a special focus on networking protocols like TCP/IP and OSI. The articles are written by experts in the field and are usually tutorial in nature, so it's giving "learn something new" energy 🧚 For more info, contact Interop, Inc., 480 San Antonio Road, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94040. (415) 941-3399
LinkLetter, Merit Computer Network/NSFNET Information Services, Ann Arbor, MI.
This newsletter is a publication of the Merit Computer Network, the managers of the NSFNET backbone project 🔥 The Link Letter focuses on the NSFNET backbone project and comes out electronically and as hard copy. To subscribe, email NSFNET-Linkletter-Request@merit.edu 💅
Merit Network News, MERIT, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI.
This one is a free, quarterly publication from the Merit Computer Network, Michigan's regional computer network 🍓 Merit Network News shares info and documentation on the network itself, features articles about the computing environments at Merit member institutions, and keeps you posted on recent developments in networking technology. It's available electronically or as hard copy. To subscribe, email Info@merit.edu with your preferred method and addresses, or contact Merit at (313) 764-9430. Iconic 👑
NEARnet Newsletter, NEARnet, Cambridge, MA.
The NEARnet Newsletter is a bimonthly publication for users of the New England Academic and Research Network (NEARnet), plus anyone else who's into academic and research networking 🌸 It features articles about useful network applications and projects, NEARnet services, member organizations, and plans for the future. To subscribe, email nearnet-staff@nic.near.net, or contact NEARnet, BBN Systems and Technologies Corporation, 10 Moulton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, Attn: Deborah Doyle MS 6/3A.
NorthWestNet News, University Computing Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
This short monthly newsletter is mainly for member institutions of NWNET 🌈 It has info for users and staff at those institutions, with a big focus on announcing training opportunities in supercomputing and networking, upcoming NWNET meetings, and resources available to NWNET users. To subscribe (for hard copy or on-line), email kochmer@uwavm.acs.washington.edu 🫶
NSF Network News, NSF Network Service Center, Cambridge, MA.
This newsletter is published by the NSF Network Service Center approximately every 5 months ⭐ Its mission is to spread general info about NSFNET, its architecture, its protocols, and its users. It also includes a map showing all sites attached to NSFNET and its regional networks at the time of publication 🗺️ To subscribe, email nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net or contact NNSC, BBN Systems & Technologies, 10 Moulton St., Cambridge, MA 02138.
NYSERNet News, PSI, Inc., Reston, VA.
This bi-monthly newsletter gives you info on using the Internet, reports on ongoing NYSERNet activities, covers network growth, and shares commentary on current technical issues 🦋 To subscribe, email info@psi.com, or contact NYSERNet News, PO Box 3850, Reston, VA 22091. (703) 620-6651
UIUCnet Newsletter, University of Illinois Computing Services Office, Urbana, IL.
The UIUCnet newsletter gives you timely info on campus network issues 💖 It covers new developments in campus networking, plus tutorials and in-depth articles about both national networking and networking at the University of Illinois. Compressed Postscript versions are available online on host uxc.cso.uiuc.edu, in the directory UIUCnet 🧚 To subscribe, email uiucnet@uiuc.edu, or contact UIUCnet, Computing Services Office, 1304 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana, IL 61801.
10. REPORTS AND PAPERS 📚✨
Deutsch, Debra, An Introduction to the X.500 Series Network Directory Service, 13 pgs., BBN Systems & Technologies Corporation, Cambridge, MA, June 1988.
okay bestie, this one is an intro to the X.500 Directory Services 🗂️ It explains the concepts and functions from the X.500 series and shows how CCITT and ISO tackled the technical stuff. It's pretty high level, but it assumes you already know your networking basics 🤓 It walks through the model and concepts, the services and the protocols that make those services work, the kinds of names and objects CCITT and ISO expect to see in the database, and ends with issues they'll be working on in the near to mid future 🔮 You can get it by emailing Debra Deutsch at ddeutsch@bbn.com 💌
EDUCOM Networking and Telecommunications Task Force, The National Research and Education Network: A Policy Paper, 10 pgs., EDUCOM, Washington, DC, April 1989.
this paper is giving major policy energy 🏛️💅 It comes from conclusions reached at an EDUCOM NTTF national network workshop, where reps from government, education and industry met on January 23-24, 1989, plus recommendations from the task force committees. It covers the goal and benefits of the NREN, how people get access to the network and its services, and R&D issues. It also lays out a model for network structure and management, and how the network gets financed 💰 To order it, email nttf@educom.edu, or contact EDUCOM at 1112 16th Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 872-4200 📞
EDUCOM Networking and Telecommunication Task Force, A National Higher Education Network: Issues and Opportunities, 19 pgs., EDUCOM, Princeton, NJ, May 1987.
this is the first in a whole series of docs about the urgent need for a coordinated national highspeed computer network 🚄 linking academic institutions, federal research labs, library resources and industrial partners 🎓 Appendix 1 has a statement from the President of EDUCOM to the Science, Research and Technology Subcommittee of the US House of Representatives, so it's giving official 🏛️ To order it, email nttf@educom.edu, or contact EDUCOM at 1112 16th Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036. (202) 872-4200.
Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology (FCCSET), A Research and Development Strategy for High Performance Computing, 29 pgs., Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC, Nov 20 1987.
prepared by the FCCSET Committee on Computer Research and Applications, this report is the result of a systematic review of where high performance computing stands and where it's headed, and how it ties into federal R&D 🔬 It has a summary of findings and a summary of recommendations on high performance computers, software technology and algorithms, networking and basic research and human resources 🧠 It was released by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC 20506. To order, call OSTP Publications at (202) 395-7347.
Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee, Draft Program Plan for the National Research and Education Network, 25 pgs., Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee (FRICC), Washington, DC, May 1989.
this one is the final draft of a joint agency program plan to develop the National Research and Education Network (NREN) 🌐 It addresses the concerns raised in the review done by the ad hoc committee of the National Research Council, as documented in the report "Toward A National Research Network" ✨ It details the steps the Federal government will take to set up the NREN and covers the first five years of the expected ten year development path 🗓️ For more info, contact the Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee, US Dept. of Energy, Office of Scientific Computing ER-7, Washington, DC 20545.
Hedrick, Charles L., Introduction to the Internet Protocols, 34 pgs., Rutgers University Computer Science Facilities Group, Piscataway, NJ, July 3, 1987.
this paper gives an intro to the Internet networking protocols (TCP/IP) 🦋 It includes a summary of the facilities available and brief descriptions of the major protocols in the family 💜 It's available on-line on host topaz.rutgers.edu, directory pub/tcp-ip-docs, filenames tcp-ip-intro.1 and tcp-ip- intro.2 📂
Hedrick, Charles L., Introduction to Administration of an Internet-base Local Network, 46 pgs., Rutgers University Computer Science Facilities Group, Piscataway, NJ, July 24, 1988.
this one is for people who plan to set up or administer a network based on the Internet networking protocols (TCP/IP) 🛠️ It's on-line on host athos.rutgers.edu, directory runet, filename tcp-ip-admin.doc or tcp-ip-admin.ps (the .doc is in ASCII format and the .ps is in PostScript format) 🎀
National Research Council, Toward a National Research Network, 55 pgs., National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1988.
this report was prepared by the National Research Network Review Committee (NRNRC) on the proposed creation of a high-performance national computer network for researchers 🖥️✨ It looks at three sets of issues: the technical feasibility of the network proposals developed by the Committee on Computer Research and Applications of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (FCCSET) 🧐; the usefulness of the proposed network to the research community 🔍; and developments in computer technology that might encroach upon the proposed network and its services 🌪️ The committee's findings, issues and recommendations are all in here 🫶 It's available from the Computer Science and Technology Board, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418.
Raveche, Harold J., Duncan H. Lawrie, and Alvin M. Despain, A National Computing Initiative, The Agenda for Leadership, 77 pgs., Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, February 1987.
this is giving leadership arc 👑 In response to congressional inquiries, and urged on by the huge opportunities created by rapid developments in high-performance computing, FCCSET recommended that several federal agencies convene expert panels to assess high-performance computing 🔥 There were 45 recognized leaders from industry, academe and national laboratories in attendance 🙌 They split into three sub-panels and considered the steps needed to grab the opportunities and face the challenges of the next decade, especially keeping U.S. leadership in computing technology and strengthening our competitive position vis-a-vis our trading partners 🌍 The three sub-panel reports follow an executive summary of the workshop. For copies, contact the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1400 Architects Building, 117 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-5052.
Reynolds, Joyce K., The Helminthiasis of the Internet, 33 pgs. (77,033 bytes), USC/Information Sciences Institute, Marina del Rey, CA, December 1989.
this one is a total plot twist 💀 It looks back at the helminthiasis (infestation with, or disease caused by, parasitic worms) of the Internet that got unleashed the evening of 2 November 1988 🪱 It gives info about an event in the life of the Internet, and walks through the infection, its festering and the cure 🩹 It covers the impact of the worm on the Internet community, ethics statements, the role of the news media, crime in the computer world and future prevention 🚨 A documentation review presents four publications that describe this parasitic computer program in detail, and it also includes reference and bibliography sections 📚 It's available on-line on host nic.ddn.mil, directory RFC, filename RFC1135.TXT 🎬
Shapiro, Norman Z. and Robert H. Anderson, Toward an Ethics and Etiquette for Electronic Mail, 50 pgs., The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, July 1985.
prepared for the National Science Foundation, this report covers important general attributes of electronic mail systems, computers or communications systems, and how those attributes affect the quality and appropriateness of communication 💌🫶 Hard copies can be obtained, for a fee, from: Publications Distribution Services, The RAND Corporation, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90406-2138.
U.S. General Accounting Office, Computer Security - Virus Highlights Need for Improved Internet Management, 36 pgs., United States General Accounting Office, Washington, DC, 1989.
this report (GAO/IMTEC-89-57), by the U.S. Government Accounting Office, describes the worm and its effects 🐛 It's a solid overview of the various U.S. agencies involved in the Internet today and their concerns about computer security and networking 🔐 It's available on-line on host nnsc.nsf.net, directory pub, filename GAO_RPT; and on nis.nsf.net, directory nsfnet, filename GAO_RPT.TXT 💖
11. REQUEST FOR COMMENTS (RFC) 💌
11.a The Request for Comments Document Series
okay bestie, RFCs are the working notes of the Internet research and development community ✨ a doc in this series can be about basically anything related to computer communication 💅 from a meeting report all the way up to a full-on standard 🔥
most RFCs are descriptions of network protocols or services, usually with detailed procedures and formats so implementers have everything they need to build stuff 🛠️ other RFCs report on policy studies or sum up what technical committees or workshops got up to 🧠
Note: Currently, all standards are published as RFCs, but not all RFCs specify standards. 🙈
anyone can submit a document for publication as an RFC 💌 submissions must be made via electronic mail to the RFC Editor, who is Jon Postel (Postel@ISI.EDU) 👑
RFCs aren't refereed publications, but they do get technical review from either the task forces, individual technical experts, or the RFC Editor, as appropriate 🤓
RFCs are distributed online by being stored as public access files, and a short message is sent to the RFC distribution list (RFC-REQUEST@NIC.DDN.MIL) to say the memo is available 📬
the online files get copied by interested people, then printed or displayed at their site on their equipment 🖨️ an RFC can also be returned via email in response to an email query 💕 RFCs can be obtained via FTP from NIC.DDN.MIL, with the pathname RFC:RFCnnnn.TXT (where "nnnn" is the number of the RFC). log in with FTP, username "anonymous", password "guest" 🦋
the DDN Network Information Center (NIC) also has an automatic mail service for sites that can't use FTP 💌 address the request to SERVICE@NIC.DDN.MIL and put the RFC number in the subject field, like "Subject: RFC nnnn" ✨
RFCs can also be obtained via FTP from NIS.NSF.NET 🌸 log in with FTP, username "anonymous", and password "guest", then connect to the RFC directory (cd RFC). the file name looks like RFCnnnn.TXT-1 (where "nnnn" is the number of the RFC) 🧚
the NSFNet Network Information Service (NIS) also has an automatic mail service for sites that can't use FTP 💜 address the request to NIS-INFO@NIS.NSF.NET and leave the subject field of the message blank. the first line of the text of the message must be "SEND RFCnnnn.TXT-1", where "nnnn" gets replaced by the RFC number. this means the format of the online files has to work with a wide variety of printing and display equipment 🖥️
once a document is assigned an RFC number and published, that RFC is never revised or re-issued with the same number 🔒 so there's never a question of having the most recent version of a particular RFC 💯 BUT a protocol (like File Transfer Protocol (FTP)) can be improved and re-documented many times across several different RFCs 🔁 so it's important to verify that you have the most recent RFC on a particular protocol 👀
the Internet Activities Board (IAB) published the "IAB Official Protocol Standards" (currently RFC-1140), which describes the state of standardization of protocols used in the Internet 📜 it's issued quarterly. current copies can be obtained from the DDN Network Information Center or from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority 🌈 please refer to the latest edition of the "IAB Protocol Standards" RFC for current info on the state and status of standard Internet protocols 💅
the complete set of all RFCs issued is maintained at, and available from, the DDN Network Information Center at SRI International 🏛️ for more info, phone: 1-800-235-3155 (E-mail: NIC@NIC.DDN.MIL) 📞 subsets of this master set (shadow copies) are maintained at MERIT and CSNET, and using the RFC repositories at those sites may be more suitable for your network connectivity needs 🦋 just note that NIC.DDN.MIL is the central repository and will contain the most up-to-date set of RFCs ⭐
11b. Key Basic Beige RFC Abstracts
this next bit is organized as abstracts of key "Basic Beige" RFCs 🎀 for an explanation of the Internet Standards process and the definitions of the terms (e.g., Recommended versus Required), check out RFC 1140 🫶
RFC-768 — User Datagram Protocol (UDP) 🌸 A Recommended Standard Protocol. Provides a datagram service to applications. Adds port addressing to the IP services.
RFC-791 — Internet Protocol (IP) 🌍 A Required Standard Protocol. This is the universal protocol of the Internet. This datagram protocol provides the universal addressing of hosts in the Internet. main character energy, obviously 👑
RFC-792 — Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) 🚨 A Required Standard Protocol. The control messages and error reports that go with the Internet Protocol.
RFC-793 — Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) 🧵 A Recommended Standard Protocol. Provides reliable end-to-end data stream service. literally the reliable friend 🫶
RFC-821 — Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) 💌 A Recommended Standard Protocol. The procedure for transmitting computer mail between hosts.
RFC-822 — Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages ✉️ A Recommended Standard Protocol. Defines the standard for the format of Internet text messages.
RFC-826 — Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol 🔎 An Elective Network Specific Standard Protocol. This is a procedure for finding the network hardware address corresponding to an Internet Address. iykyk 🙈
RFC-854 — Telnet Protocol 🖥️ A Recommended Standard Protocol. The protocol for remote terminal access.
RFC-862 — Echo Protocol 🔁 A Recommended Standard Protocol. Debugging protocol, sends back whatever you send it. it's giving mirror 🪞
RFC-894 — A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over Ethernet Networks 🧩 An Elective Network Specific Standard Protocol. A standard method of encapsulating Internet Protocol datagrams on a Ethernet.
RFC-904 — Exterior Gateway Protocol 🚪 A Recommended Standard Protocol. The protocol used between gateways of different administrations to exchange routing information.
RFC-919 — Broadcasting Internet Datagrams 📢 A Required Standard Protocol. A protocol of simple rules for broadcasting Internet datagrams on local networks that support broadcast, for addressing broadcasts, and for how gateways should handle them. Recommended in the sense of "if you do broadcasting at all, then do it this way". 💅
RFC-922 — Broadcasting Internet Datagrams in the Presence of Subnets 📡 A Required Standard Protocol. A protocol of simple rules for broadcasting Internet datagrams on local networks that support broadcast, for addressing broadcasts, and for how gateways should handle them. Recommended in the sense of "if you do broadcasting with subnets at all, then do it this way". 🫶
RFC-950 — Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure 🧱 A Required Standard Protocol. This is a very important feature and must be included in all IP implementations. Specifies procedures for the use of subnets, which are logical sub-sections of a single Internet network. no cap, this one is a big deal 🔥
RFC-951 — Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) 🥾 A Recommended Draft Standard Protocol. This proposed protocol provides an IP/UDP bootstrap protocol which allows a diskless client machine to discover its own IP address, the address of a server host, and the name of a file to be loaded into memory and executed. ✨
RFC-959 — File Transfer Protocol (FTP) 📂 A Recommended Standard Protocol. The protocol for moving files between Internet hosts. Provides for access control and negotiation of file parameters. 🦋
RFC-1000 — The Request for Comments Reference Guide 📚 The RFC Reference Guide provides a historical account of the Request for Comments series of documents by categorizing and summarizing the Request for Comments numbers 1 through 999 issued between the years 1969-1987. These documents have been cross-referenced to indicate which RFCs are current, obsolete, or revised. the historian era 🧐
RFC-1009 — Requirements for Internet Gateways 🚧 A Required Standard Protocol. An official specification for the Internet community. This RFC summarizes the requirements for gateways to be used between networks supporting the Internet protocols. This document is a formal statement of the requirements to be met by gateways used in the Internet system.
RFC-1011 — Official Internet Protocols 🏅 A Required Standard Memo. This RFC is an official status report on the protocols used in the Internet community. It identifies the documents specifying the official protocols used in the Internet. Comments indicate any revisions or changes planned.
RFC-1012 — Bibliography of Request for Comments 1 through 999 📖 This RFC is a reference guide for the Internet community which provides a bibliographic summary of the Request for Comments numbers 1 through 999 issued between the years 1969-1987.
RFC-1034 — Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities 🏷️ A Recommended Standard Protocol. This RFC is the revised basic definition of The Domain Name System. It obsoletes RFC-882. This memo describes the domain style names and their use for host address look up and electronic mail forwarding. It discusses the clients and servers in the domain name system and the protocol used between them. the names era starts here 🌟
RFC-1035 — Domain Names - Implementation 🛠️ A Recommended Standard Protocol. This RFC is the revised specification of the protocol and format used in the implementation of the Domain Name System. It obsoletes RFC-883. This memo documents the details of the domain name client - server communication.
RFC-1042 — A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over IEEE 802 Networks 🧷 An Elective Network Specific Standard. This RFC specifies a standard method of encapsulating the Internet Protocol (IP) datagrams and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) requests and replies on IEEE 802 Networks to allow compatible and interoperable implementations. 💕
RFC-1048 — BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions 🧩 A Recommended Draft Standard. This memo proposes an addition to the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP).
RFC-1058 — Routing Information Protocol 🗺️ An Elective Draft Standard Proposed Protocol. This RFC describes an existing protocol for exchanging routing information among gateways and other hosts. It is intended to be used as a basis for developing gateway software for use in the Internet community. 🚀
RFC-1060 — Assigned Numbers 🔢 A Required Standard Memo. This RFC is an official status report on the numbers used in protocols in the Internet community. It documents the currently assigned values from several series of numbers including link, socket, port, and protocol, used in network protocol implementations. the number queen 👑
RFC-1084 — BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions 🌷 A Recommended Draft Standard. This RFC is a slight revision and extension of RFC-1048 by Philip Prindeville, who should be credited with the original work in this memo. This memo will be updated as additional tags are defined. This edition introduces Tag 13 for Boot File Size. credit where it's due, Philip 🫶
RFC-1087 — Ethics and the Internet
This memo is a statement of policy from the Internet Activities Board (IAB) about how to use the Internet's resources properly 🌸 Now for the RFC abstracts ✨
RFC-1095: The Common Management Information Services and Protocol over TCP/IP (CMOT) 🦋 Category: A Recommended Draft Standard. Okay so this one defines a network management setup that uses the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) Common Management Information Services/Common Management Information Protocol (CMIS/CMIP) but runs it over TCP/IP 💅 It gives a manager and a remote network element a way to swap control and monitoring info. The big deal is how it implements the Draft International Standard (DIS) version of CMIS/CMIP on top of Internet transport protocols, so it can carry management information defined in the Internet-standard management information base. Iconic 💜
RFC-1112: Host Extensions for IP Multicasting 🎀 Category: A Recommended Standard. This is the Recommended Standard for IP multicasting on the Internet. It spells out the extensions a host implementation of the Internet Protocol (IP) needs in order to support multicasting. Main character energy for sure 👑
RFC-1119: Network Time Protocol (NTP) ⏰ Category: A Recommended Standard Protocol. This doc describes the Network Time Protocol (NTP), lays out its formal structure, and sums up info that's useful for implementing it. NTP gives you the mechanisms to sync time and coordinate time distribution in a large, diverse internet, whether the links run at mundane rates or at lightwave speeds ✨
RFC-1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers 🫶 Category: A Required Standard. An official spec for the Internet community. This memo incorporates by reference, amends, corrects, and supplements the main protocol standards documents about hosts. It's one half of a pair (see RFC 1123) that defines and discusses the requirements for Internet host software. This RFC covers the communication protocol layers: link layer, IP layer, and transport layer 🌈
RFC-1123: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support 🍓 Category: A Required Standard. Also an official spec for the Internet community, and it does the same incorporate-by-reference, amend, correct, and supplement thing for the main host standards. This RFC is the other half of the pair (see RFC 1122) that defines and discusses requirements for Internet host software. This one covers the application and support protocols 💖
RFC-1140: IAB Official Protocol Standards 📜 This memo describes the state of standardization of protocols used on the Internet, as determined by the Internet Activities Board (IAB). It's issued quarterly, so please make sure the copy you're reading is dated within the last three months 😭 Nobody wants stale standards gossip 💀
RFC-1155: Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets 🧚 Category: A Recommended Standard. This RFC gives the common definitions for the structure and identification of management information for TCP/IP-based internets. Together with its companion memos, which describe the initial management information base and the initial network management protocol, these docs give you a simple, working architecture and system for managing TCP/IP-based internets, and the Internet in particular. TCP/IP implementations that are network manageable are expected to adopt and implement this spec 🌸
RFC-1156: Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based Internets 🦋 Category: A Recommended Standard. This RFC gives the initial version of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP-based internets, for the short term. Together with its companion memos, which describe the structure of management information and the initial network management protocol, these docs give you a simple, workable architecture and system for managing TCP/IP-based internets, and the Internet in particular. TCP/IP implementations that are network manageable are expected to adopt and implement this spec 🎀
RFC-1157: A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) 🔥 Category: A Recommended Standard. This memo defines a simple protocol that lets logical remote users inspect or change the management information for a network element. Together with its companion memos, which describe the structure of management information and the initial management information base, these docs give you a simple, workable architecture and system for managing TCP/IP-based internets, and the Internet in particular 💅
RFC-1160: The Internet Activities Board 📚 A history and description of the Internet Activities Board (IAB) and its subsidiary organizations. This memo is for informational use and does not constitute a standard 🌷
RFC-1166: Internet Numbers 🔢 Category: An official status report for the Internet community. This memo describes the fields of network numbers and autonomous system numbers that have specific values assigned for actual use, and it lists the values currently assigned ✨
APPENDIX A 💅
DISCLAIMER 🫶
Okay, legal bit, but it matters 🙈 Neither the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Internet Activities Board, the United States Government, the National Science Foundation, nor any of their employees makes any warranty or takes on legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed. They also don't claim that using it wouldn't infringe privately owned rights. Mentioning any special commercial product, trademark, or manufacturer, or anything else like that, doesn't mean it's endorsed, recommended, or favored by the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Internet Activities Board, the United States Government, or the National Science Foundation. The views and opinions of the author(s) don't necessarily say or reflect what those organizations think, and they must not be used for advertising or product endorsement 🙅♀️💜
APPENDIX B 🌈
LIST OF ACRONYMS 📖
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BBN Bolt, Beranek, and Newman, Inc.
BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol
CACM Communications on Association for Computing Machinery
CCITT International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative
Committee
CERFnet California Education and Research Federation Network
CIC Committee on Institutional Cooperation
CMIS Common Management Information Services
CMIP Common Management Information Protocol
CMOT Common Management Information Services and
Protocol Over TCP/IP
CNRI Corporation for National Research Initiatives
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DDN Defense Data Network
DIS Draft International Standard
DNS Domain Name System
DoD Department of Defense
EARN European Academic Research Network
EDUCOM
EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
EUnet European Unix Network
FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for Science,
Engineering and Technology
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FRICC Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee
FTP File Transfer Protocol
IAB Internet Activities Board
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IP Internet Protocol
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISI Information Sciences Institute
ISO International Organization for Standardization
JvNC John von Neumann National Supercomputer Center
LAN Local Area Network
MIB Management Information Base
NEARnet New England Academic and Research Network
NIC Network Information Center
NNTF Networking and Telecommunications Task Force
NREN National Research and Education Network
NSF National Science Foundation
NTP Network Time Protocol
NWNET NorthWestNet
OS Operation System
OSI Open Systems Interconnection
RFC Request For Comments
SIG Special Interest Group
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TP4 Transport Protocol, class 4
UDP User Datagram Protocol
USC University of Southern California
UUCP Unix-to-Unix Copy Program
UTnet University of Texas Network
WRL DEC Western Research LaboratorySecurity Considerations 🔐
Security issues are not discussed in this memo. Yes, you read that right. Security isn't covered here at all, so don't go looking for it in this doc 💀🙈
Authors' Addresses 💌
Karen Bowers
Corporation for National Research Initiatives
1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
Reston, VA 22091
Phone: (703) 582-8990
E-Mail: kbowers@nri.reston.va.us
Tracy LaQuey
University of Texas
Computation Center
M/S COM 1
Austin, TX 78712
Phone: (512) 471-3241
E-Mail: tracy@nic.the.net
Joyce K. Reynolds
University of Southern California
Information Sciences Institute
4676 Admiralty Way, #1001
Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695
Phone: (213) 822-1511
E-Mail: jkrey@isi.edu
Karen Roubicek
BBN Systems and Technologies
10 Moulton Street
NSF Network Service Center
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 873-3361
E-Mail: roubicek@nnsc.nsf.net
Mary Stahl
SRI International
Network Information Systems Center
333 Ravenswood Avenue, Rm EJ 296
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: (415) 859-4775
E-Mail: stahl@nisc.sri.com
Aileen Yuan
The MITRE Corporation
7525 Colshire Drive, MS W422
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: (703) 883-7023
E-Mail: aileen@gateway.mitre.orgAnd that's the whole thing, bestie 🌈💖 We made it through all 9 parts, no cap 👑✨
📦 where this page comes from
- ietf: rfc1175 1990-08
- 💖 girlified by claude-haiku-5-5 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms