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- Finger
Definition: Finger retrieves information about a user registered on a host computer.
- Finger description: Unix manual page for finger: unix man finger
- Finger Protocol
(rfc1288.txt) The Finger User Information Protocol, by D. Zimmerman
- Finger via email: : mail dlangley@netcom.com Subject: #finger USER@HOST.DOMAIN"
- Finger via gopher
gopher to HOST, port 79, path 0USER-ID
- Finger via telnet
access finger via telnet HOST=host on which USER is located, then type USER
- Finger via WWW
(mfinger)
- FingerInfo
(fingerinfo) a script to get information via finger, by Scott Yanoff
- FingerInfo via WWW
(fingerinfo.html) a hypertext version of Scott Yanoff's FingerInfo script, by A. Daviel
- Logfinger
A Program to Log a Fingerer
- Netfind
Definition: Netfind provides a simple Internet `white pages' user directory.
- Netfind description
(README) a way to find someone on the Internet, by Michael F. Schwartz
- Netfind info/EARN
(netfind.html) an overview and introduction to Netfind, from European Academic Research Network Association (EARN)
- Netfind source
- Netfind via Web
(netfind.html)
- Netfind via telnet
using telnet to find someone on the Internet Login as : netfind
- Netfind via email: use email to find someone on the Internet: mail listserv@brownvm.brown.edu Body: "get netfind help"
- Nslookup
Definition: Nslookup is an interactive program to query Internet domain name servers (gives IP address).
- Nslookup man page: Unix man page: unix man nslookup
- Nslookup command: command to find out about command-name: unix nslookup domain-name
- Ping
Definition: Ping requests echo from network host; see if remote host is up.
- Ping source
source code and a description of Ping and its use (README)
- Ping demo: check to see if host uwm.edu is up and roundtrip time: unix /usr/etc/ping -s uwm.edu
- WWWPing
(wwping) simple internet pinging, and for HTTP pinging, with server identification, by Jonathon Fletcher
- Shepherd
Definition: Shepherd monitors information servers (gopher, WAIS, WWW, jughead) to make sure they are responding.
- Shepherd
monitoring tool for gopher, WAIS, WWW, jughead
- TIA = The Internet Adapter (tm)
Definition: The Internet Adapter (tm) $, allows you to use TCP/IP applications using a UNIX shell account.
This is classified as an "Internet access utility."
- TIA
(tiahome.html) The Internet Adapter (tm), $
- WHOIS
Definition: WHOIS provides information on registered computer network users, domains, and organizations.
- Whois info/EARN
(whois.html) overview and introductory information about WHOIS, from European Academic Research Network Association (EARN)
- Whois specs
(rfc0954.txt) NICNAME/WHOIS, by Harrenstien, Stahl, Feinler (October 1985)
- Whois Servers List
(whois-servers.list) List of Internet whois servers, by Matt Power
- Whois via email: : mail service@nic.ddn.mil Subject: whois HOST.DOMAIN
- Whois via gopher
enter HOST.DOMAIN to query
- 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: unix whois "string"
- X.500
Definition: X.500 (OSI Directory Service) provides globally distributed directory service.
- X.500 Definition
(fyi_13.txt) Executive Introduction to Directory Services Using the X.500 Protocol
- X.500 info/EARN
(x500.html) overview and introduction to X.500, from European Academic Research Network Association (EARN)
- X.500 Implement
(fyi_11.txt) A Revised Catalog of Available X.500 Implementations
- X.500 Technical
(fyi_14.txt) Technical Overview of Directory Services Using the X.500 Protocol
- X.500 via telnet
at the prompt, enter X500whois host-name
- X.500 via gopher
- X.500 via WWW
(wlu.html) from the X.500 Group at Brunel University
John December
(decemj@rpi.edu
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