TELECOM Moderator <telecom@eecs.nwu.edu> (05/29/91)
I am pleased to announce a new mail service is available for use with
the Telecom Archives. It is just in the beginning stages, and will
have more and more of our files on line as time goes on. My
understanding is this service is *only* for the Telecom Archives at
this time.
Furthermore, this service is intended for NON-INTERNET sites who would
otherwise not have access via ftp. If you can use ftp lcs.mit.edu,
then you are strongly encouraged to continue doing so. The program
described below was written by Doug Davis so that our many readers on
the commercial mail services, Fido, and similar sites (Portal and
Chinet for example) can also participate.
FIRST, here is a help file, prepared by Doug Davis:
From: "Doug Davis at letni.lonestar.org" <doug@letni.lonestar.org>
Subject: Help File
Date: 27-May-91 23:14:40 CST (Mon)
This mail server is pretty simple minded, commands are sent as a
single line in the body of the message. The ``Subject:'' (if any)
will be returned as the subject line from the mail off of this site.
This way you can keep track of your own requests.
The following commands are available. Pretend the parser is stupid and
spell and space them exactly as they are listed here. Anything else
in in the body of the message will be quietly ignored.
Path:<space>{rfc-976/internet/@) return address for yourself}
The parameter of this command should be internet style
notation for your username. If your machine is not locateable
on the internet via an MX record or gethostbyname() don't bother
trying this, since the returning mail will undoubtably be lost.
Command:<space>[sub-command]<space>{parameters/filenames}
Currently the only supported subcommand right now is "send" with the
parameters being the filenames separated via spaces to be sent via
return mail to you.
For example, to get the index file, send the server a message with the
line below in the body of the message.
Command: send index
This will cause the index of available files to be sent back to you.
Also, this is a system V site (hey it was cheap) so you will have to
request the file via it's short time. Some later version of the
server software will work with the longer names. Oh, yeah, in the
above, <space> means the space-bar, i.e. a character with the value of
0x20 hex. Not the word <space> itself.
Mailing addresses:
telecom-archive-request@letni.lonestar.org: The mail server itself
telecom-archive-server@letni.lonestar.org: Returning mail to
you will come from this
address. Mail sent
TO this address will be
silently ignored.
doug@letni.lonestar.org: My address.
Other notes, There is a 500k (per-day) limit on messages leaving the
server. If the backlog has exceeded this you will be sent a short note
saying your request is acknowledged and how many requests are in the
queue before yours.
Also presently the back issues of the Digest are being reformatted and
are not presently available, my hope is to finish them by the first
part of June.
doug
(Mon May 27 1991)
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Pat again:
What Doug means is the back issues of the Digest are not yet available
*via this service*. If using ftp, then of course you can get the back
issues or any other desired files. When this project is finished, I
believe it will be set up so that individual back issues can be
pulled, at least for the most recent volumes created here at
Northwestern. (We may have some problems with lack of standardization
from the JSol days ... time will tell how those old issues work out.)
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Next, I have attached here the current index to the archives, for the
benefit of ftp users. *This is not the same index as Doug will give
you if you use his new program*. Same articles, but use his index to
order via his service. Below is the main directory, and the sub-
directory devoted to telecom.security.issues. I have not included
here the sub-directories on Minitel, Tymnet or a couple other things.
The back issues of the Digest are in sub-directories by year and
volume number. Again, I stress this is the ftp version ... Doug does
not yet have any back issues of the Digest on line.
We are running TWO archives right now in parallel: the one at MIT
which has always been there for users with ftp-ability, and the new
one at Doug's site which is gradually being constructed, although
quite a bit is available now.
Bitnet people may continue to use 'bitftp@pucc.bitnet' if they wish,
or they may use this new service. Internet people can use it if they
want to see how it works, but please don't abuse it: keep the load
down for the benefit of the folks who *must* use this system.
Now here is the main directory for the Telecom Archives at lcs.mit.edu:
(Up to date as of 5-27-91. The 'telecom-recent' file changes daily,
since this is where the most recent issues of the Digest are stored
until a group of 50 is collected. We break these at the fiftieth and
hundredth issues.)
total 3458
drwxrwxr-x 12 telecom telecom 5632 May 26 14:26 ./
drwxrwxr-x 24 root wheel 1024 May 26 01:02 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 ptownson telecom 512 Mar 2 23:40 1981-86.volumes.1-5/
drwxr-xr-x 2 ptownson telecom 512 Mar 2 23:14 1987.volumes.6-7/
drwxr-xr-x 2 ptownson telecom 512 Mar 2 23:07 1988.volume.8/
drwxr-xr-x 2 ptownson telecom 512 Mar 2 22:54 1989.volume.9/
drwxr-xr-x 2 ptownson telecom 1024 Mar 2 22:51 1990.volume.10/
drwxr-xr-x 2 ptownson telecom 512 May 12 23:17 1991.volume.11/
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 663 Jan 27 20:28 READ.ME.FIRST
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 25799 Sep 12 1990 abernathy.internet.story
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 68508 Mar 14 03:38 aos-new.fcc.proposals
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 68224 Nov 20 1990 aos-rules.procedures
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 60505 Feb 24 23:51 apple.data.pcs.petition
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 18238 Nov 9 1990 area.214-903.split
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 35017 Mar 2 21:24 areacode.guide
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 9397 Mar 2 21:26 areacode.program.in.c
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 20826 Mar 3 00:09 areacode.script-c.moore
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 21264 Apr 14 1990 areacode.script-dupuy
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 9078 Mar 2 21:29 areacode.script-revised
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 474 Feb 11 1990 att.service.outage.1-90
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 18937 Aug 1 1989 auto.coin.collection
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 4788 Jun 10 1990 books.about.phones
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 21702 Nov 20 1990 braux.bill.call.blocking
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 10019 Jan 27 18:53 calendar.of.events.1991
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 61504 Jul 30 1990 caller-id-legal-decision
-rw-r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 4569 Apr 14 21:03 caller-id-specs.bellcore
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 39449 Dec 14 21:20 cellular.carrier.codes
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 16188 Mar 14 03:22 cellular.fraud.abernathy
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 2755 Mar 14 03:34 cellular.fraud.prevention
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 17016 Aug 5 1990 cellular.phones-iridium
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 24455 Feb 6 02:08 cellular.program-motorola
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 15141 Aug 1 1989 cellular.sieve
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 298 May 31 1990 cellular.west.germany
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 16292 Mar 18 1990 class.ss7.features
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 15023 Sep 30 1990 cocot-in-violation-label
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 38981 Oct 12 1990 cocot.complaint.sticker
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 70477 Sep 5 1990 computer.bbs.and.the.law
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 23944 Aug 1 1989 computer.state
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 9150 Jan 31 1990 country.code.list
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 11370 Feb 9 1990 country.codes.revised
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 11267 Feb 25 1990 cpid-ani.developments
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 436 Mar 16 16:54 deaf.communicate.on.tdd
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 15877 Sep 1 1990 dial.tone.monopoly
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 28296 Sep 29 1990 dialup.access.in.uk
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 39319 Aug 1 1989 docket.87-215
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 16367 Sep 1 1990 e-series.recommendations
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 3422 Jan 20 1990 early.digital.ESS
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 62602 Aug 1 1989 ecpa.1986
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 97987 Aug 4 1990 ecpa.1986.federal.laws
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 39956 Jul 14 1990 elec.frontier.foundation
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 5922 Feb 22 18:54 email.middle-east.troops
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 20660 Sep 5 1990 email.privacy
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 8504 Jan 27 1990 enterprise-funny-numbers
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 19836 Nov 20 1990 fax.products.for.pc
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 33239 Aug 1 1989 fcc.policy
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 19378 Aug 1 1989 fcc.threat
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 484 Jan 14 1990 fcc.vrs.aos-ruling
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 9052 Aug 1 1989 find.pair
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 47203 Aug 1 1989 fire.in.chgo.5-88
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 1998 Jan 27 1990 fire.in.st-louis.1-90
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 377 Jan 27 1990 fires.elsewhere.in.past
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 1247 Feb 10 1990 first.issue.cover
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 14105 Nov 24 1990 genie.star-service
-rw-r--r-- 1 map telecom 102788 May 23 11:19 glossary.acronyms
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 43101 Jan 27 18:54 glossary.isdn.terms-kluge
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 42188 Jan 14 1990 glossary.phrack.acronyms
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 67113 Jan 14 1990 glossary.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 68804 Feb 2 1990 hi.perf.computing.net
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 2337 Jan 27 1990 history.of.digest
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 32625 Mar 29 1990 how.numbers.are.assigned
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 15302 Jan 20 16:21 how.to.post.msgs.here
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 1616 Nov 20 1990 index-canada.npa.files
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 411 Nov 20 1990 index-minitel.files
-rw-r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 0 May 26 14:26 index-telecom.archives
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 1326 Jan 20 18:33 index-telecom.security
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 343 Jan 20 18:47 index-tymnet.info
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 936 Mar 3 00:06 intro.to.archives
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 12896 Nov 20 1990 isdn.pc.adapter-hayes
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 4816 Aug 1 1989 lauren.song
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 801 Aug 1 1989 ldisc.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 2271 Aug 1 1989 ldnotes.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 13675 Aug 1 1989 ldrates.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 12260 Jan 20 1990 london.ac.script
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 12069 Mar 5 1990 london.codes.script
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 15604 Aug 1 1989 mass.lines
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 463 Aug 1 1989 measured-service
drwxr-xr-x 2 ptownson telecom 512 Nov 20 1990 minitel.info/
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 36641 Aug 1 1989 mnp.protocol
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 2450 Jan 20 1990 modems.and.call-waiting
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 7597 Feb 10 1990 named.exchanges
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 16590 Oct 21 1990 net.mail.guide
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 3014 Jan 27 1990 newuser.letter
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 32815 Mar 25 1990 nine.hundred.service
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 45105 Mar 2 22:14 npa.800-carriers.assigned
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 13779 Sep 19 1990 npa.800.prefixes
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 45109 Mar 2 21:28 npa.800.revised
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 33440 May 12 1990 npa.809.prefixes
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 15488 Nov 20 1990 npa.900-carriers.assigned
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 15099 Mar 8 06:42 npa.900.how.assigned
dr-xr-xr-x 2 ptownson telecom 1024 Feb 2 01:41 npa.exchange.list-canada/
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 16534 Feb 11 1990 nsa.original.charter-1952
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 9886 Jan 23 1990 occ.10xxx.access.codes
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 6847 Mar 2 21:28 occ.10xxx.list.updated
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 8593 May 5 1990 occ.10xxx.notes.updates
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 14354 Aug 12 1990 octothorpe.gets.its.name
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 8504 Jan 27 1990 old.fashioned.coinphones
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 2756 Jan 27 1990 old.hello.msg
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 70153 Aug 1 1989 pc.pursuit
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 5492 Aug 1 1989 pearl.harbor.phones
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 38772 Aug 1 1989 pizza.auto.nmbr.id
-rw-r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 14189 May 6 02:39 radio-phone.interfere.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 11696 May 6 02:40 radio-phone.interfere.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 8452 May 6 02:40 radio-phone.interfere.3
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 17950 Jan 14 1990 rotenberg.privacy.speech
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 9764 Jan 20 1990 starline.features
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 46738 Jan 18 1990 starlink.vrs.pcp
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 103069 Apr 26 1990 sysops.libel.liability
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 3857 Aug 1 1989 tat-8.fiber.optic
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 27533 Feb 9 1990 telco.name.list.formatted
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 31487 Jan 28 1990 telco.name.listing
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ptownson telecom 827380 May 26 14:24 telecom-recent
drwxr-xr-x 2 ptownson telecom 1024 Mar 14 03:32 telecom.security.issues/
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 21831 Jan 20 14:32 telsat-canada-report
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 11752 Aug 1 1989 telstar.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 ptownson telecom 512 Dec 10 02:49 tymnet.information/
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 26614 May 29 1990 unitel-canada.ld.service
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 116 Oct 22 1990 white.pages
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 37947 Aug 1 1989 wire-it-yourself
-rw-rw-r-- 1 telecom telecom 4101 Aug 1 1989 wiring.diagram
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 24541 Aug 1 1989 zum.debate
And here is the sub-directory 'telecom.security.issues':
total 608
drwxr-xr-x 2 ptownson telecom 1024 Dec 2 21:19 ./
drwxrwxr-x 6 telecom telecom 5120 Jan 20 18:30 ../
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 13343 Feb 25 1990 computer.fraud.abuse.act
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 27395 Jun 23 1990 craig.neidorf.indictment
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 9354 Jul 30 02:18 craig.not.guilty
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 67190 Jun 23 1990 crime.and.puzzlement
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 62602 Aug 12 14:29 ecpa.1986
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 97987 Aug 12 14:32 ecpa.1986.federal.laws
-rw-r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 21918 Dec 2 21:20 illinois.computer.laws
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 28935 May 19 1990 jolnet-2600.magazine.art
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 30751 Mar 7 1990 jolnet-attctc.crackers
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 43365 Jan 28 1990 kevin.polsen
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 35612 Apr 1 1990 legion.of.doom
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 20703 Aug 12 16:16 len.rose.indictment
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 67099 Nov 4 01:11 telecom.usa.call.block-1
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 31995 Nov 20 10:34 telecom.usa.call.block-2
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 10833 Nov 20 10:23 telecom.usa.call.block-3
-r--r--r-- 1 ptownson telecom 14821 Sep 12 19:19 war.on.computer.crime
People using Doug's new service will probably find the same file names
as above in the index there ... but use his index to check exact
spellings and any little differences there may be.
Have fun! Do catch up on back issues you have missed as well as any
special files you may have not seen before .... and remember to check
Doug's index regularly since it will be getting larger as he gets his
files completely on line.
And why not send a note of thanks to Doug also, for his work over the
holiday weekend in getting this up and running for telecom readers.
From all of us Doug, thanks!
Patrick Townson
TELECOM Moderator