1.10 FYI


The Net grows so fast that even the best guide to its resources would be 
somewhat outdated the day it was printed.  At the end of each chapter, 
however, you'll find FYI pointers to places on the Net where you can go 
for more information or to keep updated on new resources and services. 

One of those resources is Everybdy's Internet Update. Every month, this 
free electronic newsletter will update you on new Net services and 
resources.  Look for it in Usenet's alt.internet.services and 
comp.org.eff.talk conferences (see chapter 3) and on the Electronic 
Frontier Foundation's archive site (see chapter 7). 

InterNIC, the Internet Network Information Center, maintains lists of 
systems that provide public access to Internet services.  They're 
available on the network itself, which obviously does you little good if 
you currently have no access, but which can prove invaluable should you 
move or want to find a new system. To access the lists, use gopher (see 
Chapter 8) to connect to ds.internic.net.  From the main menu, select 
"InterNIC Information Services" and then "Getting Connected to the 
Internet." 

Benoit Carl Lips maintains a list of Internet access providers in 
Europe.  It's available via the World-Wide Web at 
http://www.earth.org/~lips/ (see Chapter 9 to decipher this) or via FTP 
at sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the /info-mac/comm/information directory 
(see Chapter 7 for details on this).

The Society for Electronic Access in New York maintains a 
comprehensive list of Internet providers in the New York/Tri-State area.  
You can get a copy by using Gopher to connect to gopher.panix.com.  At the 
main menu, select SEA. 

Zik Saleeba maintains a list of Australian sites.  You can get the most 
current version of the list (which also includes information on sites 
that provide e-mail and Usenet access) via ftp/ncftp and World-Wide Web.   
For the former, connect to archie.au (again, look in Chapter 6 to 
decipher this).  Look in the usenet/FAQs/alt.internet.access.wanted 
directory for Network_Access_in_Australia_FAQ file.  For the former, 
point your Web client at http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~zik/netfaq.html 

Steven Levy's book, "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution," 
(Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984). describes the early culture and ethos 
that ultimately resulted in the Internet and Usenet. 

You'll find numerous documents about the Internet, its history and its 
resources in the pub/Net_info directory on the Electronic Frontier 
Foundation's ftp server (see chapter 7 to decipher this).