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- the original RFD for alt.sources.mac, by Dave Nebinger
- the beta FAQ compilation for alt.sources.mac, by Peter N. Lewis
(5.3) ObSource
Since alt.sources.mac is exclusively for posting Macintosh source code, here
is some C code to make an application hide itself:
void HideMe(void)
{
MenuKey(0);
}
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would tell you to look up "mit-dom" in order to get information about
MIT's domain, and doing that would give you contact information about
the people responsible for administrating that domain, including the
handles of those individuals, which you can then look up to get still
more information about them.
*. Other directory services
There are several other directory services you may be able to use to
search for your target.
- Many Bitnet siteshine rtfm.mit.edu.
To query the database, send an E-mail message to
"mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" with "send usenet-addresses/name" in the
body of the message. The "name" should be one or more space-separated
words for which you want to search; since the search is fuzzy (i.e.,
all of the words you specify do not have to match), you should list
all of the words you think might appear in the address, including (for
example) first and last name, possible username, and possible
components of the host name (e.g. "mit" for a person who you think is
at MIT). The case and order of the words you list are ignored.
Note that multiple requests can appear (on separate lines) in mail
to the mail server, but each request will be answered in a separate
message.
In many cases, you will get a list of quite a few matching
addresses, and you will have to go through it looking for ones that
may be the one you're looking for. However, the mail server will
return a maximum of only 40 matches.
Note that the usenet-addresses database is accessible via WAIS (in
fact, the script that does mail server searches is actually just a
front-end to a WAIS database) on two different hosts: rtfm.mit.edu and
cedar.cic.net. In both cases, the database is called
"usenet-addresses" and is on port 210. Note that the version on rtfm
is slightly more up-to-date with respect to the master address list
than the version on cedar. If you don't know what WAIS is, then don't
worry about this paragraph; if you're curious, see the
"comp.infosystems.wais" newsgroup.
For more details about how to use the database, send the command
"send usenet-addresses/help".
*. NIC.DDN.MIL 'whois' database
The "whois" database on NIC.DDN.MIL contains the addresses of many
military personnel. It also used to contain the addresses of some
administrators of non-military networks and of some "prominent
net.personalities," but those have now been moved to the "whois"
database on WHOIS.INTERNIC.NET. If your target is active on the
Internet, s/he may be in one of these NICs' databases.
If your system has the "whois" program, you can use that to query a
NIC database. If not, but you have Internet access, you can telnet to
nic.ddn.mil (whois.internic.net) and run the command "whois" once you
are logged in (help is available). Alternatively, you can issue a
single command to the nic.ddn.mil (whois.internic.net) whois server by