[August 1992] The following documents are available from SRI International, Network Information Systems Center. Ordering information follows this list. 1. INTERNET: GETTING STARTED Internet: Getting Started explains how to join the Internet, the various types of Internet access, and procedures for obtaining a unique IP address and domain name. An extensive list of Internet access providers of all types is provided. Information regarding access for countries outside of the United States is included as well. Finally, the guide explains many concepts essential to the Internet, such as the Domain Name System, IP addressing, Internet protocols, and electronic mail. This is the comprehensive overview of what the Internet is and how to become a part of it. Price: $39 domestic / $55 foreign 2. INTERNET: MAILING LISTS This book lists more than 800 electronic discussion forums on subjects as varied as TCP/IP protocols, music research, the Caribbean economy, science fiction, and animal rights. Complete information about how to subscribe to each list is included. "Internet: Mailing Lists" lets users get in touch with others working in the same field or pursuing the same interests. It's an easy introduction to the diversity of the Internet. Price: $39 domestic / $55 foreign 3. INTERNET TECHNOLOGY HANDBOOK The Internet Technology Handbook updates and expands the DDN Protocol Handbook. It gathers a core set of RFCs, organizes them by networking topic, and provides an introductory explanation of each topic and each RFC's place within the scope of that topic. A six volume set of more than 5,000 pages, the Handbook also includes a one year Internet Technology Subscription. The Internet Technology Subscription ensures that the Handbook will remain up to date because new RFCs that pertain to the Handbook are sent quarterly, along with information that makes it easy to know where new information fits. Handbook (includes a one-year Internet Technology Subscription): $785 domestic / $960 foreign Individual volume: $150 domestic / $180 foreign Internet Technology Subscription: $295 domestic / $370 foreign 4. TCP/IP CD The TCP/IP CD offers comprehensive documentation on the fundamentals of TCP/IP networking. The CD includes all the online Requests For Comments (RFCs), all online Internet Engineering Notes (IENs), For Your Information documents (FYIs, a subset of the RFCs), the GOSIP specification, and other protocol, security, and informational files. We also provide archives of technical mailing lists that discuss protocol implementation issues. IFIND, an easy to use search program, is included on each disk. The search program works on both Unix and DOS systems. It works by searching indexes made from all RFC, IEN, and FYI files, and all TCP-IP and Namedroppers mail messages. As a free bonus, the CD includes public domain source code related to TCP/IP networking for those who do not have direct access to Internet file transfer capabilities. Price: $195 domestic / $200 foreign 5. INTERNET TECHNOLOGY SERIES Both the Internet Technology Handbook and the TCP/IP CD in one special combination. Price includes the Internet Technology Subscription and one update to the CD. Price: $985 domestic / $1160 foreign 6. RFCs, RFC INDEX, RFC SUBSCRIPTION RFCs are technical notes describing protocol development and providing general Internet information. RFCs are available online via anonymous ftp or electronic mail free of charge. SRI provides hardcopies on a cost recovery basis. The host ftp.nisc.sri.com is a repository making RFCs available for anonymous file transfer. The address for ftp.nisc.sri.com is 192.33.33.22. You may also request RFCs via electronic mail by sending a message to mail-server@nisc.sri.com with "rfc ####" in the body of the message, where #### is the number of the RFC without leading zeroes. The RFC subscription includes all RFCs issued for one year from the date of an order. Prices: RFC index $12 domestic / $17 foreign RFCs (under 50 pages) $12 domestic / $17 foreign RFCs (50 pages and over) $15 domestic / $20 foreign RFC Subscription $295 domestic / $370 foreign 7. GOVERNMENT OPEN SYSTEMS INTERCONNECTION PROFILE (GOSIP) The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) describing the Federal government's policy, including the DoD transition from TCP/IP to ISO international protocols. Online filenames on FTP.NISC.SRI.COM are netinfo/gosip-v2.ps or netinfo/gosip-v2.txt. Hardcopies are also available from SRI and NTIS. See the file netinfo/gosip-order-info.txt for references to other supporting documents. 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