Excuse the cross posting. I had not seen this posted anywhere
yet, and all you Internet cowfolks will want to know this. As
of yesterday, NSF is out of the Internet (or NSFNet) operations
business, and INTERNIC is it.
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************* NSF Network Service Center (NNSC)
Hotline: 617/873-3400 10 Moulton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net
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Transition to the New INTERNIC Team
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT (long)
March 18, 1993
Please note, after MARCH 31, operations of the NSF Network
Service Center (NNSC) will be discontinued and the services
formerly provided by the NNSC will be transferred to a new
Network Information Services Management team. The new team is
made up of three separate organizations collectively known as the
INTERNIC (the Internet Network Information Center).
As a result of a competitive solicitation, the National Science
Foundation (NSF) has recently awarded contracts for NSFNET/NREN
services to Network Solutions, Inc., (NSI), AT&T and General
Atomics.
* Network Solutions (NSI), has provided registration for the
NSFNET since January 1992, and will continue to perform
these services.
* AT&T will provide expanded directory and database
services.
* General Atomics, which now operates CERFnet and the San
Diego Supercomputer Center, will provide a Help Desk and
general information services.
This award expands the scope of the services which have
previously been supplied by several organizations, including the
NSF Network Service Center (NNSC). The NNSC is assisting the
combined Network Information Services Managers in this
transition.
THE NEW INTERNIC TEAM WILL BEGIN OPERATION ON APRIL 1, 1993. The
NNSC project's services will be discontinued as of March 31,
1993. Many services that were provided by the NNSC will be
transferred to AT&T and General Atomics.
Additional information on the new INTERNIC team and transition
process follows:
1. INTERNIC CONTACT INFORMATION
2. TRANSITION LIST OF NNSC SERVICES
3. PRESS RELEASE (AT&T)
4. PRESS RELEASE (GENERAL ATOMICS)
1. INTERNIC CONTACT INFORMATION
The new INTERNIC phone number will be 800-444-4345. Email is
info@internic.net.
This number will be in service on April 1, 1993 and will reach a
voice menu which will allow you to choose from the following
options:
1 - REGISTRATION SERVICES Direct dial:
703-742-4757 Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI) Email:
hostmaster@nic.ddn.mil Herndon, VA
2 - DIRECTORY AND DATABASE SERVICES Direct dial:
908-668-6587 AT&T FAX:
908-668-3763 5000 Handley Road, Room 1B13
Email: admin@ds.internic.net South Plainfield, NJ
07080
3 - INFORMATION SERVICES Direct dial:
619-455-4600 General Atomics Email:
info@internic.net San Diego, CA
4 - INFORMATION SERVICES REFERENCE DESK
When
unclear where to go first.
2. TRANSITION LIST OF NNSC SERVICES
* NNSC Help Desk
After March 31, 1993 the NNSC Telephone Hotline Number:
1-617-873-3400 and Electronic Help Mailbox address:
nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net will be transferred to the General
Atomics/INTERNIC team.
* NNSC Anonymous FTP Directories
After April 1, the resource-guide and policies-procedures online
files will be made available through AT&T/INTERNIC, as will the
shadow copies of RFCs, internet-drafts, ietf, iesg, and isoc.
Other anonymous FTP directories will be announced by
AT&T/INTERNIC and the other INTERNIC hosts.
* NNSC Info-Server
Info-Server will no longer be available, but the INTERNIC hosts
will provide email servers.
* NSF Network Newsletter
After the NNSC publishes the final issue of the _N_S_F_
_N_e_t_w_o_r_k _N_e_w_s_l_e_t_t_e_r, the General Atomics/INTERNIC
will begin to publish a new newsletter for the NSFNET and NREN
community.
The contact information for people currently on the NNSC mailing
list will be transferred to the INTERNIC and they will
automatically receive this new newsletter.
* Internet Provider Referral Lists
The General Atomics/INTERNIC will continue to update and
distribute the Internet Provider Referral Lists.
* NSFNET portion of Internet Monthly Report
The NSFNET portion of the Internet Monthly Report will be
submitted by the General Atomics/INTERNIC. [For more
information, contact Susan Calcari, the INTERNIC Info Scout at:
calcaris@cerf.net.]
* Resource Guide
The Internet Resource Guide and its associated mailing lists will
be transferred to the AT&T/INTERNIC.
* NNSC Policies and Procedures Directory
The NNSC Policies and Procedures online directory and mailing
list will be transferred to AT&T.
* Other online directories on nnsc.nsf.net machine
Shadow copies of the internet-drafts, Internet Engineering
Steering Group, Internet Engineering Task Force, and Internet
Society directories will be made available through AT&T/INTERNIC.
* _N_S_F_ _N_e_t_w_o_r_k_ _N_e_w_s_l_e_t_t_e_r map and site
list
Although the General Atomics/INTERNIC will produce a newsletter,
the map and site list from the _N_S_F_ _N_e_t_w_o_r_k_
_N_e_w_s_l_e_t_t_e_r will be maintained separately by the
AT&T/INTERNIC.
* Other Services
The disposition of NNSC services not mentioned on this list will
be announced later by the INTERNIC. Call the new INTERNIC phone
number 800-444-4345 for information.
3. PRESS RELEASE (AT&T)
From: egrimmelmann@attmail.com Date: 5 Jan 93 19:57:23 GMT To:
com-priv@psi.com Received: from egrimmelmann by attmail; Tue Jan
5 19:58:16 GMT 1993 Phone: 908-234-6798 Fax-Phone: +1 908 234
7655 Subject: NSF Directory/Database Award Content-Type: Text
We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this announcement;
it is posted to several news groups
====================================================== AT&T PRESS
RELEASE
For further information:
Shelly London 908 221-4355
FOR RELEASE JANUARY 5, 1993
AT&T Will Provide Directory & Database Services to the National
Science Foundation NSFNET
Basking Ridge, NJ--AT&T announced today that it has signed a
cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation to
provide directory and database services for NSFNET, the National
Science Foundation national data network that is part of the
Internet. The Internet is comprised of more than 5,000 computer
networks that facilitate collaboration among members of the
research and education community. The Internet, and in
particular NSFNET, is projected to serve as a basis for
evolution to the National Research and Education Network
(NREN).
Under the terms of the agreement, AT&T will develop and maintain
a Directory of Directories which will serve as a pointer to
numerous resources on the Internet. It will include lists of FTP
(File Transfer Protocol) sites, lists of various types of
servers available on the Internet, lists of white and yellow
pages directories, library catalogs and data archives. The
Directory of Directories will enable even novice users to obtain
references to information they need through simple, easy to use
interfaces. AT&T also will provide white and yellow pages type
directory services, such as names of users, organizations and
resources on the Internet, using X.500 technology, the current
standard specification for distributed information storage and
retrieval.
As part of its database services, AT&T will establish database
servers to extend and supplement the resources of the NSFNET,
including databases of contributed materials of common interest
to the user community and communications documents. AT&T also
will offer database design, management and maintenance services
to organizations and groups for inclusion in the Internet.
Initially, access to all services will be provided through
several currently popular in-use interface methods; with time,
it is anticipated that X.500 will become the primary method of
access.
In providing these services, AT&T will work cooperatively with
two other organizations: CERFNet, a General Atomics project,
which was awarded a similar agreement for information services,
and with Network Solutions, Inc.(NSI), which was awarded a
similar agreement for registration services. The three
corporations will collaborate under a common concept called
INTERNIC.
"We all feel intuitively that the domestic Internet and the
distributed collaboration that it facilitates are rapidly
creating a national 'workplace without walls'", said Steve
Wolff, Director, Division of Networking and Communications
Research and Infrastructure, NSF. "These three awards to
geographically dispersed organizations for Network Information
Services will both exploit and demonstrate the success of the
network in enabling distributed collaboration."
"These directory and database services are essential components
of the emerging national information infrastructure," said Erik
Grimmelmann, Marketing Director, Internet/NREN, AT&T Data
Communications Services. "This agreement marks an important
step for the Internet as well as for AT&T because services such
as these and the related ones to be provided by our INTERNIC
collaborators will make the Internet even more useful than it is
today."
The cooperative agreement is for a five-year period, with annual
reviews. It is expected that the NSF will contribute
approximately one third of the costs, with another third
provided by AT&T and the remainder recovered in user fees. The
user fees, which have been proposed for maintenance of special
databases and extensive directory listings, are consistent with
Federal Networking Council (FNC) cost recovery guidelines. The
user fees were part of AT&T's proposal, which was evaluated by
an NSF review panel and approved by the NSF. The full text of
the NSF statement on INTERNIC user fees is included at the end
of this release.
The agreement is a natural extension of AT&T's strong commitment
to education, research and the advancement of high-speed data
networking. For example, AT&T operates XUNET (Experimental
University Network), a high speed experimental research network
for the academic community, and is a key participant in the CNRI
(Corporation for National Research Initiative) sponsored BLANCA
gigabit testbed. AT&T also supports collaborative applications
research projects of direct relevance to the Internet,
including
an information retrieval service, an image retrieval service and
a newly developed directory concept called "nomenclator" that
has been shown to improve response time tremendously when
searching large directories.
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Text of NSF statement on user fees:
Consistent with FNC guidelines on obtaining reasonable cost
recovery from users of NREN networks, the NSF has determined
that the INTERNIC Information Services provider may charge users
beyond the U.S. research and education community for any
services provided. Also, the INTERNIC Directory and Database
Services provider may charge a fee for maintenance of special
databases, for extensive directory listings and may charge users
beyond the U.S. research and education community. Finally,
because the registration function provided by the INTERNIC
Registration Services applies to domestic and international,
commercial and individual users in addition to research and
educational users, it is expected that an appropriate
registration fee structure will take time to develop. NSF
expects to engage in an extensive discussion with the domestic
and international Internet community on the motivation, strategy
and tactics of imposing fees for these services during the next
fifteen months. Decisions will be implemented only after they
have been announced in advance and an opportunity given for
additional public comment. ###
4. PRESS RELEASE (GENERAL ATOMICS)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 07:08:05 -0800 (PST) From: Susan Estrada
<estradas@nic.cerf.net> Subject: NIS Manager Award Announced To:
com-priv@psi.com Cc: Eric Grimmelmann <egrimmelmann@attmail.com>,
mitchel@nic.cerf.net, Scott Williamson
<scottw@nic.ddn.mil>,
Susan Estrada <estradas@nic.cerf.net> Message-Id:
<Pine.3.05.9301050705.C18071-d100000@nic.cerf.net> Mime-Version:
1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
For Immediate Release January 5, 1993 National Science
Foundation Contact Don Mitchell (202) 357-9717 dmitchel@nsf.gov
Network Solutions Contact Mary Bloch (703) 742-4740
maryb@netsol.com AT&T Contact Shelly London (908) 221-4355
london@attmail.com General Atomics Contact Susan Calcari
(619) 455-3900 calcaris@cerf.net NSF NETWORK INFORMATION
SERVICES AWARDS In cooperation with the Internet community, the
National Science Foundation developed and released, in the
spring of 1992, Project Solicitation NSF92-24 for one or more
Network Information Services Managers (NIS Manager(s)) to
provide and/or coordinate (i) Registration Services, (ii)
Directory and Database Services, and (iii) Information Services
for the NSFNET. As a result of this solicitation, three
separate organizations were competitively selected to receive
cooperative agreements totalling over $12 million in the three
areas of (i) Registration Services, (ii) Directory and Database
Services, and (iii) Information Services. Together, these three
awards constitute the NIS Manager(s) Project, named the
INTERNIC. Network Solutions will provide registration services,
AT&T will provide directory and database services, and General
Atomics will provide information services. It is important that
the three project participants work closely together to provide
a seamless interface for users in need of services. For this
reason, the three awardees, at the request of the Foundation,
have developed a detailed concept and plan to provide this
seamless interface called the "INTERNIC" and have agreed to the
structuring of their three separate awards as one collaborative
project. Steve Wolff, Director of NSF's Division of
Networking and Communications Research and Infrastructure says,
"We all feel intuitively that the domestic Internet and the
distributed collaboration that it facilitates are rapidly
creating a national "workplace without walls". These three
awards to geographically dispersed organizations for Network
Information Services, which require a high degree of
coordination and collaboration, will both exploit and
demonstrate the success of the network in enabling such
distributed collaboration." Consistent with FNC guidelines on
obtaining reasonable cost recovery from users of NREN networks,
the NSF has determined that the INTERNIC Information Services
provider may charge users beyond the U.S. research and
education community for any services provided. Also, the
INTERNIC Directory and Database Services provider may charge a
fee for maintenance of special databases, for extensive
directory listings and may charge users beyond the U.S. research
and education community. Finally, because the registration
function provided by the INTERNIC Registration Services applies
to domestic and international, commercial and individual users
in addition to research and educational users, it is expected
that an appropriate registration fee structure will take time to
develop. NSF expects to engage in an extensive discussion with
the domestic and international Internet community of the
motivation, strategy and tactics of imposing fees for these
services during the next fifteen months. Decisions will be
implemented only after they have been announced in advance and
an opportunity given for additional public comment. Network
Solutions will provide registration services as the IP
registrar, issue IP numbers worldwide using delegated registries
under the guidance of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
and
also register domain names, and track points of contact.
Applications for assignment will be accepted via email or
facsimile. The information from these assignments will be
provided to the directory and database services provider to be
made available to the entire Internet community. As a part of
the Domain registration efforts Network Solutions will
periodically release the top level zone files to be used by all
root Domain Name servers. AT&T will develop and maintain a
Directory of Directories, including lists of FTP (File Transfer
Protocol) sites, lists of various types of servers available on
the Internet, lists of white and yellow page directories,
library catalogs and data archives. AT&T will also provide
white and yellow pages type Directory Services. Access to these
services will initially be provided through several currently
popular in-use interface methods while migrating to the use of
X.500 technology, the current standard specification for
distributed information storage and retrieval. The database
services which AT&T will provide include the establishment of
Database Services to extend and supplement the resources of the
NSFNET, such as databases of contributed materials of common
interest to the user community. AT&T will also offer database
design, management, and maintenance to institutions and groups
for inclusion in the Internet. General Atomics will provide
Information Services acting as the NIC of first and last
resort and the NIC of NICs. The INTERNIC information services
will include a full-service Reference Desk, a database of
comprehensive networking materials called the Info Source,
training classes and documentation, and coordination services
among all appropriate groups in the community. In keeping with
the innovative spirit of the Internet, several new approaches
to distributing services will be implemented. Among these
innovations is NICLink, a user-friendly hypermedia interface
offering access to the Info Source and all the information it
contains. NICLink will be distributed on both standard
computer diskettes and CD-ROM. Another is the concept of the
Info Scout, an individual who will scout out new resources and
innovative uses of the network for inclusion in the Info
Source.
Network Solutions is a 400-person telecommunications analysis
and integration company headquartered in Northern Virginia.
Its
mission is to support its customers in achieving their missions
through the mastery and application of networking technology.
Network Solutions currently operates the DDN NIC. AT&T is the
leading provider of global information movement and management
products and services. AT&T offers a wide array of data
communications services that includes private line, X.25, frame
relay, TCP/IP, protocol conversion, and electronic mail
services.
General Atomics is a San Diego-based high-technology research
and development company and operates CERFnet and the San Diego
Supercomputer Center. CERFnet is an Internet network service
provider that operates throughout the state of California and
nationally. CERFnet was launched in the spring of 1989 with a
$2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The
San Diego Supercomputer Center is a five year cooperative
agreement funded by the National Science Foundation to support
high performance computing. ###
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Kenneth J. Hirsh
School of Law Library
Duke University
Box 90361
Durham, NC 27708-0361
(919) 684-6182
ken@faculty.law.duke.edu
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