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- N-1-3-012.55, "Hungary and Internet", by Laszlo Csaba,
- <IB006CSA%HUEARN.BITNET@aearn.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at>
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- In the last few months, evolution in the networking field has been
- speeded up due to the vanishing embargo. Today, the emphasis is on
- TCP/IP networking. The first Networkshop on TCP/IP was organized this
- last April. More than 400 attendees participated. Many of the papers
- presented were about TCP/IP and international networking.
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- E-mail connectivity within the country between research sites has
- improved. Mail gateways with UNIX and VMS operating systems are
- running 24 hours a day. Roughly 30 Novell networks use the popular
- Charon/Pegasus mail gateway/mailer pair. The e-mail protocol between
- VAX/VMS systems is SMTP over X.25. The number of e-mail users is more
- then 12,000.
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- The HUEARN (EARN/BITNET) node switched to the TCP/IP protocol and
- consequently, to VMNET software.
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- The role of domain administration has been recognized and the ".hu"
- domain administration is well on its way. A brand new Sun Sparc
- station 2 is the primary domain name server for Hungary.
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- The HBONE project for constructing the Hungarian IP backbone was
- initiated. The design criteria for the network has already been
- accepted. Many sites are still waiting for proper TCP/IP routers.
- The first Cisco routers have arrived. The EGP protocol is used on the
- international line with the autonomous system number 1955. The
- stability of the network increased with the introduction of a proper
- router.
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- The estimated number of IP hosts is around 2,000-3,000. They will
- appear in the international statistics when internetworking between
- the big sites' nameserver's and the top-level DNS are established.
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- Cooperation with European networking organizations is very good.
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