FIRST Information Archive


Last Update: August 3, 1993


The FIRST Secretariat maintains a publicly-available computer
system located on the Internet for distributing information about
FIRST and FIRST member teams.  The name and address of the system
is

          first.org  (129.6.54.11)

This system contains information including the following:

         FIRST general information,
         Membership information and forms,
         FIRST Operational Framework,
         Other procedures and related information, and
         Information about FIRST members.

The intent of the system is two-fold: to make information about
FIRST easily available to a wide audience, and to provide a
directory service for individuals who need to contact an incident
handling team.

Information on the system is available via the following methods:

         anonymous ftp
         electronic mail (SMTP)
         gopher

The system is also available via dial-up through the National
Institutes of Standard Computer Security BBS.

Anonymous ftp

To access the system via anonymous ftp, use the following:

     ftp first.org

Use username anonymous, and use your e-mail address as the
password.  All FIRST files are located in the directories under
/pub/first.


Electronic Mail (SMTP)

To retrieve files via electronic mail, send to the following
address:
     docserver@first.org

No subject line is required.  To retrieve an index of all files
available, send the following message (in lower case):

     send first-index

To then retrieve files, send the following message

     send filename

where filename is the name of the file you wish to retrieve.  The
commands are all lower case and filenames are case-sensitive. 
Along with the requested file, the document server will return a
status message with instructions on how to obtain more help and
information.


Gopher

To retrieve information via gopher, one can either connect to the
FIRST gopher server via telnet or connect via another gopher
client.  To connect via telnet, use the following:

     telnet gopher.first.org

To connect via a gopher client, use

     gopher gopher.first.org

The FIRST gopher server uses the (default) TCP/IP port 70.  Files
can be retrieved through gopher using ftp or e-mail.


Computer Security BBS

The National Institute of Standards and Technology maintains a
publicly-available Computer Security BBS that contains information
on FIRST.  To connect to this BBS, set your communications
parameters to no parity, 8 bit characters, 1 stop bit, and any BPS
rate between 300 and 9600.  Dial (301) 948-5717 for 2400 BPS
access, or (301) 948-5140 for 9600 BPS access.  Follow instructions
on the screen for registering, viewing, and downloading files.