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- Network Working Group S. Williamson
- Request for Comments: 1261 L. Nobile
- Network Solutions
- September 1991
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- TRANSITION OF NIC SERVICES
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- Status of this Memo
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- This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
- not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is
- unlimited.
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- Discussion
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- The transition of the Network Information Center from SRI
- International in Menlo Park, CA, to Government Systems Inc. in
- Chantilly, VA, is officially scheduled for 1 October 1991. This
- includes the transition of services currently offered to DDN and
- Internet users by SRI. These services include network/user
- registration (i.e., network number and top level domain name
- assignment), on-line information services, and Help Desk operations.
- GSI will also continue RFC and Internet-Draft archive and
- distribution services.
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- SRI will continue to provide all NIC services and respond to all user
- calls and requests until 30 September 1991.
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- Defense Information System Agency (DISA) and GSI will make every
- effort to ensure a smooth and timely transition of NIC services from
- SRI. Network users should be minimally impacted. With a few minor
- exceptions, all on-line services currently offered by SRI will appear
- the same to the user when a connection is established to the new
- (GSI) NIC host. These exceptions are due to the change from the
- TOPS20 operating system to the SunOS operating system. The new NIC
- host is a Sun 470 SPARCserver running SunOS 4.1. All users on the
- DDN and the Internet should carefully note the following changes:
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- U.S. Postal Address: Government Systems, Inc.
- Attn: Network Information Center
- 14200 Park Meadow Drive
- Suite 200
- Chantilly, VA 22021
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- Williamson & Nobile [Page 1]
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- RFC 1261 Transition of NIC Services September 1991
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- Help Desk Telephone Numbers:
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- 1-800-365-3642 (1-800-365-DNIC)
- 1-703-802-4535
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- Help Desk Hours of Operation:
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- 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Eastern Time
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- Fax Number: 1-703-802-8376
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- Network Address: 192.112.36.5 (NIC.DDN.MIL)
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- Root Domain Server: 192.112.36.4 (NS.NIC.DDN.MIL)
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- During the period of 26 to 30 September 1991 the ID (WHOIS) database
- will not be changed. All registration actions for this five day
- period will be suspended. This action is necessary in order to
- transfer the master database to GSI. Starting 26 September 1991, all
- U.S. mail and fax requests should be directed to the GSI address and
- fax number shown above. All electronic mail requests should continue
- to be directed to the "HOSTMASTER" and "REGISTRAR" mailboxes at
- NIC.DDN.MIL. As appropriate, SRI will redirect electronic mail to
- GSI. On 1 October 1991 all registration activities will resume.
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- We hope that the transition and its accompanying changes will not
- greatly inconvenience network users, and we thank you in advance for
- your patience and understanding. For general questions regarding the
- transition, users may call the new NIC Help Desk after September 1,
- 1991 at 1-800-365-3642/703-802-4535 or send an e-mail message to
- nic@diis.ddn.mil.
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- Security Considerations
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- Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
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- Williamson & Nobile [Page 2]
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- RFC 1261 Transition of NIC Services September 1991
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- Authors' Addresses
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- Scott Williamson
- Network Solutions, Inc.
- 505 Huntmar Park Drive
- Herndon, VA 22070
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- Phone: (703) 802-8405
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- EMail: scottw@DIIS.DDN.MIL
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- Leslie Nobile
- Network Solutions, Inc.
- 505 Huntmar Park Drive
- Herndon, VA 22070
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- Phone: (703) 802-8456
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- leslie@DIIS.DDN.MIL
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- Williamson & Nobile [Page 3]
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