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KIS - Knowbot Information Service
_A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
Ralph Droms
Computer Science Department
323 Dana Engineering
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
_E_m_a_i_l: droms@bucknell.edu
_P_h_o_n_e: (717) 523-1271
FAX: (717) 524-3760
_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
The Knowbot Information Service is a white pages ``meta-
service'' that provides a uniform interface to heterogeneous
white pages services in the Internet. Using the Knowbot
Information Service, one can form a single query that can
search for white pages information from the NIC WHOIS ser-
vice, the RIPE European white pages service and MCI Mail,
among others, and have the responses displayed in a single,
uniform format.
Inclusion of additional information about an organization
with which a person is affiliated enables access to addi-
tional white pages services including the NYSERNet X.500
White Pages Pilot project, and over 200 finger and whois
services run by individual organizations. For example, a
query about <droms@bucknell> will return results from the
NYSERNet White Pages project and from the finger server on
<sol.cs.bucknell.edu>.
_N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
There are three ways to gain access to the Knowbot Informa-
tion Service:
_________________________
The information in this section is provided in accor-
dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
of this guide.
September 1, 1992 NNSC Section 4.5, Page 1
o+ Use the WHOIS frontends to the Knowbot information Ser-
vice on hosts <nri.reston.va.us> and
<regulus.cs.bucknell.edu>. For example, from a UNIX
host, use <whois -h nri.reston.va.us cerf@cnri> to look
for information about Vint Cerf affiliated with CNRI.
o+ Telnet to the Knowbot Information Service. Currently,
there are servers accessible through a telnet to port
185 on hosts <nri.reston.va.us> and
<regulus.cs.bucknell.edu>. From a UNIX host, use <tel-
net nri.reston.va.us 185>. The commands help and man
summarize the command interface.
o+ Send mail to userid <netaddress> at one of the Knowbot
Information Service hosts.
_W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _T_h_e _R_e_s_o_u_r_c_e
The Knowbot Information Service is available to all users
through the mechanisms listed above.
September 1, 1992 NNSC Section 4.5, Page 2