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- From: mjo@slee01.srl.ford.com (Mike O'Connor)
- Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
- Subject: Re: Physics of the Internet
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 18:11:30 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov14.192313.26346@mail.cornell.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov14.192313.26346@mail.cornell.edu> Eric Scharff
- <eds2@cornell.edu> writes:
-
- :I'm fairly new to Usenet, but I have a good deal of knowledge about
- :non-networked UNIX systems. I'm curious how the internet actually works,
- :though. If I send a message to 124.445.220.34, how does my machine know
- :how to get it there? How does the DNS database work?
-
- I'd probably start out with a book called Zen and the Art of the
- Internet. Typically speaking, you don't send email to
- user@124.445.220.32. (I know it was a hypothetical address snarfed
- from the heavens somewhere -- IP quads aren't typically outside of
- 0-255.) You send email to a name, and DNS resolves that name to a
- number and the resolution can be more complex than "name goes to
- number-which-maps-directly-back-to-name". Of course, "message" may
- mean different things to different people.
-
- :I'd like an answer (certainly), but also some references. Is there a
- :newsgroup that discusses Internet traffic? Are there any good RFC's that
- :I should read? Are there any books on the subject?
-
- Usenet: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- RFCs: Too numerous to mention.
-
-
- ...Mike
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