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- INTERNET-DRAFTS
- E. Hoffman
- Merit Network, Inc.
- L. Jackson
- NASA
- October 1992
- Expires: April 1993
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- FYI on Introducing the Internet--
- A Short Bibliography of Introductory Internetworking Readings
- for the Network Novice
-
- Status of this Memo
-
- This document is an Internet Draft. Internet Drafts are working documents of
- the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its Areas, and its Working Groups.
- (Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet
- Drafts).
-
- Internet Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months.
- Internet Drafts may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents
- at any time. It is not appropriate is use Internet Drafts as reference material
- or to cite them other than as a "working draft" or "work in progress."
-
- Please check the Internet Draft abstract listing contained in the IETF Shadow
- Directories (cd internet-drafts) to learn the current status of this or any other
- Internet Draft. This INTERNET-DRAFT provides information for the Internet
- community. It does not specify an Internet standard. It will expire before
- March 1993.
-
- Abstract
-
- This bibliography offers a short list of recent information resources that will
- help the network novice become familiar with the Internet, including its
- associated networks, resources, protocols, and history. This FYI RFC includes
- references to free sources of information available on-line as well as more
- formal publications. A short section at the end includes information for
- accessing the on-line files. This FYI is intentionally brief so it can be easily
- used as a handout by user services personnel.
-
- Acknowledgements
-
- This document is based upon the work of the the User Documents Working
- Group in the User Services Area of the Internet Engineering Task Force
- (IETF).
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- User Documents Working Group
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- Bibliography of Introductory Readings
-
- The following list includes a number of sources for learning about the Internet.
- If you have more questions about the Internet, the best source of information
- is your network service provider. For those interested in finding out about
- getting Internet connectivity, the books listed will help you locate a network
- service provider.
-
- Items with an asterisk (*) are available at no charge on-line on the
- Internet--see the final section for information on how to obtain these.
-
- 1a. Introductory Papers
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- Kehoe, Brendan P. (1992) "Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's
- Guide to the Internet," (first edition) 95 p.
- INTERNET-DRAFT FYI--Short Bibliography
- October 1992
-
- Malkin, G. and A. Marine. (1992) "FYI on Questions and Answers:
- Answers to Commonly Asked 'New Internet User' Questions," 32 p. (RFC
- 1325/FYI 4).
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- 1b. Introductory Books
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- Kehoe, Brendan P. (1993) Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's
- Guide, (second edition) 112 p. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
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- Krol, Ed. (1992) The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog, 400 p.
- O'Reilly & Assoc., Inc., Sebastopol, CA.
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- LaQuey, Tracy & Jeanne C. Ryer. (1992) The Internet Companion: A
- Beginner's Guide to Global Networking. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA.
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- SRI International. (1992) Internet: Getting Started, 318 p. SRI
- International, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Rm. EJ291, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
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- 2. Internet services and resources
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- Martin, J. (1991) "There's Gold in them thar Networks! or Searching for
- Treasure in all the Wrong Places," 27 p. (RFC 1290/FYI 10).
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- Merit Network, Inc. (1992) "Cruise of the Internet" (Macintosh based
- tutorial). Merit Network, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI.
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- Metz, Ray (1992) Directory of Directories on the Internet, 175 p. Meckler,
- Westport, CT. NSF Network Service Center. (1992) "Internet Resource
- Guide." NSF Network Service Center, Cambridge, MA.
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- 3. Internet networks
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- Frey, Donnalyn and Rick Adams. (1990) !%@:: A Directory of Electronic
- Mail Addressing and Networks, (second edition) 284 p. O'Reilly & Assoc.
- Inc. Sebastopol, CA.
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- LaQuey, Tracy L. (1990) User's Directory of Computer Networks, 653 p.
- Digital Press, Bedford, MA.
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- Quarterman, John S. (1990) The Matrix: Computer Networks and
- Conferencing Systems Worldwide, 746 p. Digital Press, Bedford, MA.
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- 4. Introducing the Internet Protocols
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- Comer, Douglas E. (1991) Internetworking With TCP/IP: Volume I,
- Principles, Protocols, and Architecture, (second edition). 547 p. Prentice
- Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
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- Hedrick, Charles L. (1987) "Introduction to the Internet Protocols," 34 p.
- Rutgers University ComputerScience Facilities Group, Piscataway, NJ.
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- 5. Newsletters and journals
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- ConneXions--the Interoperability Report. Advanced Computing
- Environments, 480 San Antonio Rd., Suite 100, Mountain View, CA
- 94040.
-
- Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy. Meckler,
- Westport, CT.
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- Internet Society News. Internet Society, 1895 Preston White Dr. Suite
- 100, Reston, VA 22091. INTERNET-DRAFT FYI--Short Bibliography October 1992
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- Research and Education Networking. Meckler, Westport, CT.
-
- Link Letter. Merit Network, Inc., 2901 Hubbard, Pod-G, Ann Arbor, MI
- 48109 (bimonthly: electronic and hard-copy, no charge).
-
- Matrix News. Matrix Information and Directory Services, 120 S. Capitol of
- Texas Highway, Bldg. 2, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78746 (monthly).
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- NSF News. NSF Network Service Center, BBN Systems and
- Technologies, 10 Moulton St., Cambridge, MA 02138 (quarterly, no
- charge).
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- 6. Further Reading
-
- Bowers, K. L. et al. (1990) "FYI on Where to Start: A Bibliography of
- Internetworking Information," 42 p. (RFC 1175/FYI 3).
-
- Stoll, Clifford. (1989) The Cuckoo's Egg. Doubleday: New York.
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- Getting Articles On-Line
-
- All the documents marked with an asterisk (*) in this bibliography are available
- on-line at no charge if you have access to the Internet. To find out more
- about accessing documents in introducing.the.internet, send electronic mail to
- nis-info@nic.merit.edu with the text: send access.guide. If you know how to
- use Anonymous FTP, you can get the Access Guide from one of several sites,
- including nic.merit.edu, nic.mr.net, ftp.nisc.sri.com, or ftp.hawaii.edu. Check the
- directory introducing.the.internet for the file titled access.guide. The Access
- Guide includes information about obtaining documents through dial-up service
- using a modem for those who do not have direct Internet access.
-
- In addition to the listed publications, many network providers publish excellent
- user guides and newsletters which cover Internet topics. Contact your Internet
- network service provider for more information. Several new commercial books
- are scheduled for release which are aimed at new users of the Internet. A
- longer bibliography with more comprehensive references and abstracts,
- FYI 3, is listed above for those who may need more detailed materials.
-
- Security Considerations
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- Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
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- Authors' Addresses
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- Ellen S. Hoffman
- Merit Network, Inc.
- 2901 Hubbard, Pod G
- Ann Arbor, MI 48109
-
- Phone: (313) 936-3000
- E-mail: ellen@merit.edu
-
- Lenore Jackson
- NASA Ames Research Center
-
- Phone: (202) 434-8954
- E-mail: jackson@nsipo.arc.nasa.gov
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