jes@mth.msu.edu (Jesse) (08/29/90)
1. How do you convince a computer company to connect its LAN to Internet if it could use UUCP to deliver the e-mail and USENET news? Possible answer : Use telnet/ftp. While telnet/ftp is convenient, it's not so important to a company unless you need to use remote computation substantially. 2. If a company decides to connect to Internet, what should it do to get on the Internet? How much will it cost for initial investment and daily operation compared to a UUCP link? Your help and comments will be highly appreciated. Jesse
gupta@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Rohit Gupta) (08/29/90)
jes@mth.msu.edu (Jesse) writes: >Possible answer : Use telnet/ftp. > While telnet/ftp is convenient, it's not so important to a > company unless you need to use remote computation substantially. Another reason why a company may not prefer a TCP/IP connection is because of security. With telnet someone could try to login to your system. With ftp he/she could try to steal some files. In fact, some versions of telnet/ftp (especially on PCs and Macs) make ftp'ing files from a site trivial. Rohit -- -------------------- Rohit Gupta -------- (217)244-1205 -------------------- Internet:rohit@uiuc.edu UUCP:uunet!uiucuxc!ux1!gupta BITNET:GUPTA@UIUCVMD --------------- University of Illinois Computing Services Office ------------
root@smarine.UUCP (Chris Hapgood) (08/30/90)
Here's the address to write to in order to get an official Internet address: DDN Network Information Center SRI International 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Room EJ291 Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Their phone number is (800) 235-3155. Actually, though, they prefer that applications be submitted electronically to HOSTMASTER@NIC.DDN.MIL. I have the request form here (electronically) if anyone has trouble contacting DDN. I'll mail it upon request. I doubt you'll need it as the people at DDN were very helpful when I mailed and called. By the way, I believe there are no fees involved in getting an Internet address assigned. Chris Hapgood @Virginia.EDU:@smarine.uucp:cch0241@medusa 2111 Michie Drive #100 ...!uucp!virginia!smarine!medusa!cch0241 Charlottesville, VA 22901 H:(804) 977-8345 W:(804) 974-2584 -- Chris Hapgood @Virginia.EDU:@smarine.uucp:cch0241@medusa 2111 Michie Drive #100 ...!uucp!virginia!smarine!medusa!cch0241 Charlottesville, VA 22901 H:(804) 977-8345 W:(804) 974-2584
rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang) (09/07/90)
In article <1990Aug29.054812.8000@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> gupta@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Rohit Gupta) writes: >jes@mth.msu.edu (Jesse) writes: >>Possible answer : Use telnet/ftp. >> While telnet/ftp is convenient, it's not so important to a >> company unless you need to use remote computation substantially. > >Another reason why a company may not prefer a TCP/IP connection is because >of security. With telnet someone could try to login to your system. With ftp >he/she could try to steal some files. If you have a smart gateway, you can configure it to refuse incoming TCP/IP connections to certain ports. (Bellcore does this, for instance.) Alternatively, run a dumb gateway but don't allow direct TCP/IP to hosts other than the gateway; this will make it considerably more difficult for people to break into your company. (If I've missed something here, someone is bound to point it out. :-) Anton +---------------------------+------------------+-------------+ | Anton Rang (grad student) | rang@cs.wisc.edu | UW--Madison | +---------------------------+------------------+-------------+