Connectivity and Navigation: An Overview of the Global Inter-Networked Information Infrastucture

For additional information on the history of Internet development, see Perry, Dennis G., Steven H. Blumenthal, and Robert M. Hinden. "The ARPANET and the DARPA Internet." Library Hi-Tech 6 (2): 51-62.

The Internet Society regularly publishes news about network developments worldwide. In the Spring, 1993 issue of the Internet Society News, it is reported that a traceroute was recently run to an Internet connection to McMurdo, Antarctica. The return time was 630 milliseconds. "Antarctica: 630 msec to McMurdo." Internet Society News, 2 (1): 13.

Landweber, Larry. "International Connectivity: Version 9 - August 1, 1993." available in postscript, ditroff, and ASCII text form on the anonymous FTP host ftp.cs.wisc.edu in the/connectivity-table directory).

For further information on the differences between IP connectivity and gatewayed services, and for general information on packet-switched networking, see Lane, Elizabeth S. and Craig A. Summerhill, Internet Primer for Information Professionals: A Basic Guide to Internet Networking Technology. (Westport, CT: Meckler, 1993), pp. 36-39.

A excellent, and in-depth examination of the domain naming system can be found in Liu, Cricket and Paul Albitz. DNS and BIND. (Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1992).

For further information on the archie system see Deutsch, Peter. "Resource Discovery in an Internet Environment: the Archie Approach" Electronic Networking: Research, Applications, and Policy 2 (1): 45-51.

For further information on the Gopher system see "Internet Gopher: An Information Sheet" Electronic Networking: Research, Applications, and Policy 2 (1): 69-71.

For further information on the WWW system see Berners-Lee, Tim, et al. "World-Wide Web: The Information Universe". Electronic Networking: Research, Application, and Policy 2 (1): 52-58.

For further information on the WAIS system see Kahle, Brewster, et al. "Wide Area Information Servers: An Executive Information Systems for Unstructured Files" Electronic Networking: Research, Applications, and Policy 2 (1): 59-68.

For further information on Z39.50 see Lynch, Clifford. Z39.50 in Plain English: A Non-Technical Guide to the New NISO Standard for Library Automation Networking, 3rd edition, 1992, distributed by Data Research Associates and Digital Equipment Corporation. Contact Carl Grant, Data Research Associates, Inc., 1276 North Warson Road, P.O. Box 8495, St. Louis, MO 63132 (1-800-325-0888).

Andreessen, Marc. NCSA Mosaic Technical Summary (Champaign, Illinois: National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 1993). This paper on the Mosaic system can be retrieved via anonymous FTP from the host ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu in the directory/Web/mosaic-papers. The paper is in postscript format, and is named mosaic.ps.Z.

See Internet Engineering Task Force, Proceedings of Twenty-Fifth Internet Engineering Task Force: U. S. Sprint, Washington, D. C., November 16-20, 1993. (Reston, Virginia: Corporation for National Research Initiatives, 1993). pp. 463-513. Also see subsequent Proceedings (issued three times a year). Details on the location of the next meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force can be retrieved via anonymous FTP from the host cnri.reston.va.us in the directory/ietf. All files beginning with the string "Omtg" in that directory are documents pertaining to future IETF meetings.

See National Science Foundation, NSF 93-52 - Network Access Point Manager, Routing Arbiter, Regional Network Providers, and Very High Speed Backbone Network Services Provider for NSFNET and the NREN(SM) Program. May 6, 1993. Available via anonymous FTP on the host stis.nsf.gov as the file/CISE/program/nsf9352.