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- Subject: *.cn Chinese Academic Computer Network (forwarded message)
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- >>>>Forwarded message From zheng@viikki.helsinki.fi Thu Nov 19 14:54:32 1992
- I have tried to send a letter to china, it works!
-
- The Status of Email to mainland China---E.1
-
- There are two E-mail network effective in China, CRN and CANET.
-
- CANET Chinese Academic Network (CN-DOM)
- Try asking Qian@ica.beijing.canet.cn for details.
-
- CRN China Research Network
- for details contact postmaster@cnlab.nci.crn.cn or
- xiaofan.zhao@cnlab.nci.crn.cn
-
- Good luck
- Kuang
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- CANET Chinese Academic Network (CN-DOM)
- c/o ICA
- P.O. Box 2418-26
- Che-Dao-Gou Street
- Beijing
- PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
-
- Domain Name: CN
-
- Administrative Contact:
- Qian, Tian Bai (TBQ) QIAN@ICA.BEIJING.CANET.CN
- +86 841-3654
- Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
- Rotert, Michael (MR78) Rotert@IRA.UKA.DE
- +49 721 608 4221
-
-
- === Original message from Mr. Qian
-
- From: cn%"QIAN@ica.beijing.canet.cn" 20-AUG-1991 19:18:57.92
- To: p7911013@twnctu02.bitnet CC: Subj: reply
-
-
- Mr.Huang, Thank you for your letter of Aug.5. Some time ago I received an
- email from you, and I'm sorry I have been unable to answer it sooner.
- Thank you for your paying great attention to the CANET project. Herewith
- I'm encluding the brief introduction to CANET.
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-
- CANET , co-initiated by ICA ( Beijing Instutute for Computer Applications
- ) and the University of Karlsruhe ( Germany ) began in 1986. Its purpose
- is to integrate chinese academic communities with the worldwide computer
- network, and to promote information exchange and technical cooperation
- with the rest of the world. The initial service provided by CANET is
- international E-mail delivery. The first connection with CSNET was
- actually set up in Sep.1987.
-
- The central machine located in ICA , Siemens 7,760/ BS2000 running
- PMDF/BS2000 software, was successfully connected with the E-mail systems
- all over the world by means of a relay machine at the Uni- versity of
- Karlsruhe.
-
- Since then , CANET has been operational and has provided the worldwide
- E-mail service for some academic communities within China.
-
- In 1990 Oct. , the top level domain ---" CN " for China was registered
- with DDN SRI--NIC by ICA . This is a very important step for the
- development of CANET.
-
- CANET is a store and forward electronic mail network . Recently,the
- central machine in CANET is a Micro VAXII--cluster system under VMS 4.7
- running PMDF 3.1/VMS,which acts as an interna- tional gateway linking the
- main domain server located at Uni. Karl- sruhe by x.25 through the
- CHINAPAC (Chinese Packed Switching Network).
-
- For remote sites, CANET is accessible for any academic communi- ty of
- China through the CHINAPAC ( national x.25 PDN ) or the dial up telephone
- links, at 1200 bps and 2400 bps or 4800 bps (depending on the cost factor
- ). End--user's PC or workstations can access to local node machine by
- terminal emulation . CANET adopts RFC--822 formats.
-
- CHINAPAC , the first national PDN in China , was operational in the end of
- 1989 , it is authorized by the goverment and run by the Ministry of Posts
- and Telecommications of China. This network is based on x.25. At persent,
- it is still on the first stage and has 3 node-machines ( Package Switching
- Node ) and 8 package multiplexers which are located at 11 major cities in
- China. It has international link through the satellites.
-
- All amchines of CANET implement Internet DNS ( domain naming system )
- syntax.
-
- The top level domain --- " CN " for China has been operational since
- Jan.1991 . Currently, the international mail delivery usually takes half a
- day . At present , 16 sites have been connected within CANET. It is true
- , many institutions and universities have estab- lished their private
- local network in the compus, most of them are interested in joning
- CANET.But, there are the financial boundaries- ---lack of the funds. If
- the funding is available, CANET will be growing rapidly.
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-
- Frankly speaking,the CANET has not been a part of the Internet yet,
- because it does't implement the TCP/IP protocol suite to link with the
- Internet via the leased line directly.that is why CANET is unable to do
- FTP and R-Login recently.Also,this is the reason that CANET's user has to
- pay the international communication fees not only for sending mail but
- also for receiving mail.
-
-
- 8) First Hand Material: From <xiaofan.zhao@cnlab.nci.crn.cn>
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From xiaofan.zhao@cnlab.nci.crn.cn Sun Apr 12 17:19:05 1992
- Date: 13 Apr 92 8:11 +0800
- From: Xiaofan ZHAO <xiaofan.zhao@cnlab.nci.crn.cn>
- To: Qiang Alex ZHAO <azhao@cs.arizona.edu>
-
- Dear Alex,
-
- Following is some information about CRN for your reference.
-
- Regards,
- Xiaofan Zhao, NCI, Beijing, China
-
- ==========================
-
- The Chinese Research Network (CRN), founded in 1987, aims at
-
- * Providing electronic communication means, based on
- the PSDN and any available communication networks,
- to the Chineses scientsts, engineers, professors and
- other reaserchers to facilitate them in exchanging information
- and coordinating cooperation with their partners in China
- and abroad.
-
- * Supporting and coordinating the development and promotion
- of OSI conformable applications ammong Chinese scientific
- and research community.
-
- * Organizing the cooperation among CRN members and their
- foreign partners.
-
- Eight members of CRN have been interconnected at present, including
- research institutes, universities and academic organizations in Beijing,
- Shanghai, Chengdu and Shijiazhuang. More institutions will join CRN in the
- future.
-
- MHS (email), VT (PAD), FTAM, X.11 have been installed at the member
- institutions on VAX/VMS, VAX/ULTRIX, SUN/UNIX and APOLLO/UNIX. CRN has
- established more than ten direct MHS connections with the member countries
- of European Research Networks (RARE), including Germany, Norway and
- Switchland, and could exchange e-mails with almost all the research
- networks, eg Internet, in the world via RARE gateways.
-
- Chinese MHS (CMHS), dased on DFN-EAN and enhanced by CRN, with Chenese
- character and encryption capability has been also installed at some CRN's
- member institutions on VAX/VMS and SUN/UNIX systems.
-
- The CRN Board consists of the representatives from her member
- organizations, which is responsible for
- * Developing CRN's plans and rules
- * Helping academic and research institutions to join CRN
- * Maintaining the services provided by CRN
- * Helping CRN's members to solve technical problems
- * Organizig and coordinating the development projects
- * Contacting and coopreating, on behalf of CRN, with the peers
- in China and abroad
-
- Help desk addresses are:
- Beijing:
- CRN's Help Desk <helpdesk@cnlab.nci.crn.cn>
- North China Institute of Computer Tech. <postmaster@cnlab.nci.crn.cn>
- China Academy of Electr. & Info. Tech. <postmaster@cc.caeit.crn.cn>
- Computer System Engineering Institute <postmaster@dep9.cse.crn.cn>
- Shanghai:
- Fudan University <postmaster@cnl.fudan.crn.cn>
- Shanghai JiaoTong University <postmaster@ee.sjtu.crn.cn>
- Shijiazhuang:
- Shijiazhuang Communication Lab <postmaster@tcl.scl.crn.cn>
- Chengdu:
- Southwest Communication Institute <postmaster@tulip.sci.crn.cn>
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