Ingredients:
· Internet
Service Providers
· A
physical network connection
· An
IP address
· Network
software to use the physical connection
· A
name server
· A
correctly configured and secure server
Before you can begin cooking you need a well-equipped
kitchen. This equipment consists of the appropriate kitchen appliances
and utensils.
| Location | Lists of ISPs |
| http://www.primus.com/providers/ | A list of US providers arranged by telephone number area code. |
| http://sensemedia.com/crisp/crisp | A list of providers covering the U.S., Asia, and Australia. |
| http://www.celestin.com/pocia/index.html | A list of 885 providers (Feb. 1996) in the U.S., Canada, and many other countries. |
| http://www.panix.com/sea/-providr.html | A list of providers in New York and the northeastern U.S., but with many pointers to other lists. |
| http://akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/
Business/Corporations/ Internet_Access_Providers/ | Comprehensive list from Yahoo. |
| Connection Type | Peak Speed (1000's of bits per second - Kbps) | Type of Connection | Payment Structure |
| Non-dedicated | |||
| Modem | 1.2- 28.8 | Manual | Usage Based |
| ISDN | 56 - 128 | Automatic | Usage Based |
| Dedicated | |||
| T1 | 1,500 | Automatic | Flat Fee |
| Ethernet | 10, 000 | Automatic | Flat Fee |
| T3 | 45,000 | Automatic | Flat Fee |
| FDDI | 100,000 | Automatic | Flat Fee |
| ATM | 155,000 | Automatic | Flat Fee |
| Location | Topic |
| http://www.msic.com/enet_info.html | Ethernet Information. |
| http://www.psi.com/orgservices/demand/ | The view from a typical Internet provider. |
| http://www.eff.org/pub/GII_NII/ISDN/ | ISDN information, including a tutorial. |
| http://www.isdn.ocn.com/ | Comprehensive site discussing ISDN. |
| http://www.bsdi.com/white-papers/
becoming-an-isp-kolstad.html | Becoming a service provider and an overview of the business. |
| http://web.cnam.fr/Network/
Internet-access/how_to_select.html | How to select an Internet provider. |
| Where to Register | Location of Internet Server |
| http://rs.internic.net/rs-internic.html | US |
| http://www.apnic.net/ | Asian Pacific region |
| http://www.ripe.net/ | Europe |
| Location | Description |
| http://www.wcmh.com/uworld/
archives/95/tutorial/001.html | A tutorial on IP addressing. |
| http://www.shiva.com/prod/tips/
SHIVA13.TIP.html#HDR3 | Another perspective on IP addressing. |
| Location | Description |
| http://www.stokely.com/stokely/
unix.serial.port.resources/ ppp.slip.html#ppp.link | Pointers to software supporting PPP and further information. |
| http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/
htbin/rfc/rfc1661.html | The official definition of PPP. |
| http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/
htbin/rfc/rfc1055.html | The official definition of SLIP. |
| Location | Description |
| http://www.lanl.gov/general-information | General information about the Internet. |
| http://www.racal.com/internet.html | Starting point for getting Internet documentation. |
| http://www-neteng.uchicago.edu/
Docs/terms.html | Glossary of Internet-related terms. |
| http://www-neteng.uchicago.edu/
Docs/terms.html | Overview of TCP/IP. |
| gopher://ss1.racal.com/00/
Networking/TCP%20IP%20Admin.txt | Guide to setting up an Internet connection (free). |
| http://www.sunquest.com/
netsvc/net_eval.html | A randomly selected commercial Internet service consultant. |
| http://oac3.hsc.uth.tmc.edu/staff/snewton/
tcp-tutorial/sec5.html | A brief tutorial on name serving. |
| http://titus.is.co.za/dnsrd/ | A comprehensive guide to DNS. |
| Books | Description |
| UNIX System Administration Handbook, Second Edition Authors: Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein Published: 1995 Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 0-13-151051-7 | The "how to" gospel of UNIX administration. |
| TCP/IP Network Administration Author: Craig Hunt Published: 1992 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates ISBN: 0-937175-82-X | A complete guide to the TCP/IP protocol stack. |
| DNS and BIND Author: Paul Ablates & Cricket IL Published: 1992 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates ISBN: 1-56592-010-4 | A complete guide to DNS and BIND. |
| Location | Description |
| http://geminga.dartmouth.edu/security.html | Site and UNIX security by the author of "UNIX System Security - A Guide for Users and Administrators" (see below). |
| http://www.yahoo.com/
Computers_and_Internet/ Operating_Systems/Unix/Security/ | Good pointers to other places. |
| ftp://cert.org/pub/info/security-doc.txt | Site maintained by the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), the U.S. organization responsible for overseeing computer security issues. |
| Location | Books |
| http://pantheon.yale.edu/~danu/ce91b.html (review). | Title: Practical Unix Security
Authors: Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford |
| http://aw.com/devpress/titles/57030.html (publishers description). | Title: Unix System Security
Author: Rik Farrow Edition: 1991 Publisher: Addison Wesley ISBN: 0-201-57030-0 |
| http://www.aw.com/cp/curry.html
(publishers description). | Title: Unix System Security - A Guide for Users and System Administrators Author: David Curry Edition: 1992 Publisher: Addison Wesley ISBN: 0-201-56327-4 |