Contents

• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Networking/Internet
  • The Internet
    • A Network of Networks
    • Cost
    • Basic Internet Protocols
    • DNS: Domain Name Service
    • Node/Machine Names
    • NIC, ICANN: Internet Management
  • Finding Users and Communicating with them
    • finger: Point Finger To
    • rusers: Remote Users
    • talk: Talk To
    • write: Write To
  • Connecting to other Systems
  • SSH: Connecting Securely to other Systems
    • slogin, ssh: Secure telnet
    • ssh-keygen: password-less SSH login
    • telnet: Connecting to Remote Systems - (non-secure)
    • rlogin: Bypassing Password - (non-secure)
  • Logging on to NRC from home
    • Cisco Server/M-60 dial-in access
    • EduNET dial-in server
  • Connecting to UNIX/Linux from MS Windows-based Systems
  • Transferring Files Between Systems
    • scp: Secure Copy
    • WinSCP: Windows Secure Copy
    • FTP: File Transfer Protocol - (non-secure)
    • .netrc: FTP in batch
    • sftp: secure FTP
    • Anonymous FTP
    • archie/xarchie: accessing FTP databases.
  • The Network News
    • NetNews terminology
    • newsgroup Organisation
    • FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
    • Newsreaders
  • gopher: go fer it!
    • Veronica: Searching Gophers
  • WWW: World Wide Web
    • What is it
    • netscape, internet explorer, lynx, mozilla: WWW browsers
    • URL: Uniform Resource Locator
    • Miscellaneous Comments on WWW browsers
  • Navigating the Web
    • Where to Start
    • Search Engines
  • Exercises
  
  
• Bibliography
• Bibliography