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- From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
- Subject: Review of "Internet: Getting Started" (from NETTRAIN)
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- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 10:21:00 CST
- From: "Jim Milles, SLU Law Library" <MILLESJG@SLUVCA.SLU.EDU>
- To: Multiple recipients of list NETTRAIN <NETTRAIN@ubvm.bitnet>
- Subject: Review of "Internet: Getting Started"
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- (1) REVIEW OF: Marine, April; Kirkpatric, Susan; Neou, Vivian;
- and Ward, Carol. Internet: Getting Started. Menlo Park, California:
- SRI International, 1992.
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- ISBN 0-944604-15-3
- $39 plus $5 shipping and handling
- Network Information Systems Center, EJ291, SRI International
- 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493
- Telephone:(415) 859-6387; FAX (415) 859-6028
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- (2) REVIEWED BY: Ermel Stepp, Marshall University <estepp@wvnvm>
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- (3) TARGET AUDIENCE: beginning and experienced users.
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- (4) RATING: **** (essential reading)
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- (5) Number of lines in review: 99
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- (6) SUMMARY:
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- Internet: Getting Started is a general resource of
- 368 pages organized into two major parts on accessing and
- understanding the Internet, a bibliography, and eleven
- appendices. Selected networking resources are identified
- to facilitate getting started, learning, and connectivity
-
- (7) TEXT OF REVIEW:
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- Part I defines the Internet and discusses types of
- of access to the network and steps to initiate access to
- the network. It gives information on providers/vendors the
- services for research, education, commerce, and individual use.
- Approximate costs are discussed in terms of such factors as
- services desired, hardware used, dedicated lines vs dialup,
- distance from host, frequency of use, peak vs non-peak charges,
- and telephone charges. Acceptable use is discussed, explained,
- and illustrated. The seven chapters in Part I are:
- - Introduction to the Internet (what it is, who is in charge,
- what is and is not a part of it, kinds of networks)
- - How to Join the Internet (MX, dialup, individual access,
- connecting networks)
- - Costs (determining factors, network and individual examples)
- - Service Providers (vendors of network connections, dialup
- vendors, providers of services within states)
- - Military Access (by each branch of the military)
- - NSFNET Acceptable Use Policy
- - Non-U.S. Sites (European cooperation and contacts, Baltic
- and Nordic countries, Caribbean Basin, the Pacific Rim, 30
- specific countries, U.S. providers of international connections)
- Part II explains the concepts of the Internet, such as the
- hierarchial Domain Name System (DNS) and addressing, protocols
- (the TCP/IP suite, the telnet protocol, file transfer protocal
- (FTP), requests for comments (RFCs), for your information (FYI),
- and standards (STDs). The six chapters in Part II are:
- - The Internet--More Information (historical, physical, and
- growth)
- - Basic Internet Concepts (RFCs, FYIs, and STDs; security,
- protocols, addressing, the Domain Name System, directory
- services)
- - Applications (electronic mail, mailing lists and news groups,
- file transfer protocol, telnet, and information servers
- such as archie, Prospero, WWW, WAIS, and the Internet gopher)
- - Internet Organizations (network associations, network
- administrative organizations, administrative bodies,
- standards organizations, security response centers, network
- information centers, and user groups)
- - Internet Resources (NNSC internet resource guide, NNSC
- tour of the Internet, TCP/IP CD, network reading list, online
- libraries, network seminars, and supercomputer centers)
- - Further Reading (general introductory references, technical
- introductions, Domain Name System, network security, and some
- GOSIP documentation)
- The Bibliography and References contains 30 references and
- 27 bibliographic citations. The eleven appendices are:
- - Acronym List (six pages of acronyms from AARNet to YUNAC)
- - All Providers Alphabetically (24 pages, with postal addresses,
- telephone numbers, FAX numbers, electronic addresses, area
- served, and services)
- - SRI Network Information Systems Center (Internet Information
- Series, Internet: Getting Started and Internet Mailing Lists;
- Internet Technology Handbook, TCP/IP CD, Internet Technology
- Series, hardcopy RFCs, RFC Subscription Service, FYI Collection
- - Registration Templates (IP Address Template, Domain Template,
- with retrieval instructions)
- - RFC Index (list of 365 RFCs, from 1365 to 1000 in 22 pages,
- with retrieval instructions)
- - FYI Index (list of 16 FYI, with retrieval instructions)
- - STD Index (list of 34 STDs, with retrieval instructions)
- - ISI's RFC Information Retrieval Information (list of 8 primary
- and 10 secondary sites from which RFCs may be retrieved, with
- instructions)
- - RFC Sets (topical list of related RFCs in six volumes)
- - International Connectivity (list of 107 entities with
- international connectivity via BITNET, Internet,UUCP, FIDONET,
- and/or OSI)
- - GOSIP Document Information (eight pages of information)
- Internet: Getting Started is concerned with joining and
- understanding the Internet. It is neither a manual for particular
- systems and tools, nor a catalog of networking resources.
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