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... The purpose of this document is to define the role of NICs in the
Internet and establish guidelines for new and existing NICs regarding
the user services they provide. This document is also a move toward
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NICs for networks that are part of the Internet may be called upon to
serve users of the greater Internet as well as those of their own
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... networks that are part of the Internet may be called upon to
serve users of the greater Internet as well as those of their own
networks. This responsibility brings with it the added challenge of
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... coordinating services with other NICs to better serve the general
Internet community. Toward that end, this document also proposes
some easily implemented changes to facilitate the exchange of
information and services ...
... working group recognizes that not all NICs are interested
in providing service at the Internet level nor in providing service
directly to end users. Some NICs have special areas of interest
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... and serve a more limited community. Many campus NICs, for example,
restrict the scope of their efforts to campus computing activities.
Therefore, an Internet NIC must have policies, procedures, and
delivery ...
... primarily to users of its network and, secondarily, to users of the
greater Internet and to other service agencies.
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... services to the MILNET portion of the DDN,
as well as performing several administrative duties that serve the
entire Internet community. SRI continues to provide general Internet
information services and maintains an FTP repository.
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... as well as performing several administrative duties that serve the
entire Internet community. SRI continues to provide general Internet
information services and maintains an FTP repository.
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... The days of having just one or two networks are long gone. Today,
the Internet is an international collection of thousands of networks
interconnected with the TCP/IP ...
... networks, that are not based on the TCP/IP protocols and are thus not
considered part of the Internet itself. However, users can
communicate between these networks and the Internet ...
... Internet itself. However, users can
communicate between these networks and the Internet via electronic
mail, so Internet NICs often answer questions regarding these
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... networks and the Internet via electronic
mail, so Internet NICs often answer questions regarding these
networks.
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NICs exist for many of the networks that make up today's Internet.
For example, in addition to the MILNET, in the United States there
are the National Science Foundation Network ...
... NSFNET), the Energy
Science Network (ESnet), and the NASA Science Internet (NSI). All of
these networks provide NICs.
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... BITNET is a non-TCP/IP network that is accessible to the Internet via
electronic mail. Its administrative organization, the Corporation
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... To help meet this goal, four essential NIC functions have been
identified as those that every Internet NIC should perform. These
are the basic functions that define the minimum level of Internet ...
... Internet NIC should perform. These
are the basic functions that define the minimum level of Internet
information service. Each Internet ...
... Presently, only the first two functions, providing information
resources and directly supporting end-users, are routinely performed
by Internet NICs. The variety of ways in which these services are
provided is described more fully in the section on, "Examples of
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... NIC infrastructure, are new roles that have evolved as
the Internet community and the number of NICs have grown.
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... Refer users to information stored at other locations
around the Internet. This option requires that each
NIC maintain up-to-date information regarding such
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... NIC should provide the following information for everything it makes
available to its users and the Internet community: 1) a time stamp,
2) a revision number, and 3) the name of the NIC ...
... network information for its
end users. NICs field a variety of user inquiries, such as requests
for how to get connected to the Internet, how to locate and access a
particular application on the network, how to determine an e-mail
address ...
... Electronic information transfer. NICs should
provide information in electronic form, and make it
available across the Internet through mechanisms
such as anonymous file transfer, electronic mail ...
... With the recent dramatic increase in the number of networks, users,
and applications accessible via the Internet, it is impossible for
any one NIC to maintain comprehensive, up-to-date information of all
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... NIC to be aware
of other NICs and their areas of expertise. Such shared information
among NICs ensures that Internet users will be referred promptly to
the correct information resource.
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... profiles". This database will be available to all NICs.
Such shared information among NICs ensures that Internet users will
be referred promptly to the correct information resource. For
information regarding joining or using the nic-profiles ...
... active part in supporting the
NIC/Internet infrastructure. Two means of providing such support are
suggested here.
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An overview of some of the services offered today by Internet NICs is
listed below. This overview provides examples of the essential
services ...
... Today's NICs are aware of other Internet resources
and keep such referral information as up-to-date as possible. ...
... network environment. These
training events range from general "what is the Internet" to
workshops on specific topics such as how to use a super-computer
application.
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... The following table lists the various information delivery methods
used in the Internet today, and notes the kind of information
distributed using each method.
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... Network applications, technology
trends, technical overviews,
general information about Internet
environment, TCP/IP overviews
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... security issues at times. NICs should be
aware of those agencies and groups on the Internet that have the
responsibility of handling security incidents so that users can be
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