huff@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (10/17/90)
In article <1990Oct16.161631.522@ataritx.uucp>, dwh@ataritx.uucp writes: > Simple question - where can one obtain copies of various RFC documents, > and at what cost? RFC's 819,882, 883,973,974 are the ones of > interest at the moment. Dave, I might be wrong about this (and if I am, please advise), but these have been available via ftp at nic.ddn.mil. They might also be available at wuarchive.wustl.edu or simtel20.edu. Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Huff, MBA student, University of Kansas HomeNet: 913 749 4720 Internet: HUFF@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Bitnet: HUFF@Ukanvax.Bitnet Send_at_your_own_risk_net: P.O. Box 1225, Lawrence, KS 66044-8225 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) (10/17/90)
[In article <26169.271b8651@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>,
huff@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes ... ]
> In article <1990Oct16.161631.522@ataritx.uucp>, dwh@ataritx.uucp writes:
>> Simple question - where can one obtain copies of various RFC documents,
>> and at what cost? RFC's 819,882, 883,973,974 are the ones of
>> interest at the moment.
>
> Dave,
>
> I might be wrong about this (and if I am, please advise), but these
> have been available via ftp at nic.ddn.mil. They might also be
> available at wuarchive.wustl.edu or simtel20.edu.
This is a good opportunity for a reminder that most UUCP sites, indeed
most sites handling E-mail, are not on the Internet and cannot use FTP.
Even the existence of a fully qualified domain name does not indicate that
a site is on the Internet.
The Internet RFCs and other interesting documents can be fetched by mail
from info-server@nnsc.nsf.net or info-server@sh.cs.net. I sent Dave the
details last night. The methods are described in a regularly monthly
posting to news.admin and news.announce.newusers entitled ``How to Get
Information about Networks.''
For the truly desperate, there are ways to use FTP by mail. BITFTP@
PUCC.BITNET is a software robot that will log into an Internet site that
allows anonymous FTP, fetch files or directories, and mail the (uuencoded)
results to the requester. It is a little bit like driving on the freeway
blindfolded, though.
--
Steve Yelvington up at the lake in Minnesota
The easy way: steve@thelake.mn.org
The hard way: {plains,rutgers,apple,cray}!umn-cs!thelake!steve
piet@cwi.nl (Piet Beertema) (10/18/90)
>This is a good opportunity for a reminder that most UUCP sites, indeed >most sites handling E-mail, are not on the Internet and cannot use FTP. >Even the existence of a fully qualified domain name does not indicate that >a site is on the Internet. > >The Internet RFCs and other interesting documents can be fetched by mail >from info-server@nnsc.nsf.net or info-server@sh.cs.net. And this is a good opportunity for a reminder that there are numerous [uucp] hosts outside the USA. If EUnet sites (i.e. in Europe) would blindly follow advices like the above, it would cause unnecessary load on those info-servers and also (and especially) on the transatlantic links. Both ftp and info-server sites exist over here. EUnet sites should contact their national backbone sites for details. -- Piet Beertema, CWI, Amsterdam (piet@cwi.nl)