Internet In A Box (TM), Version 2.0

Internet In A Box (TM), Version 2.0, 2nd Edition The Complete Internet Solution
Cover | Table of Contents
Preface to the Special Edition ......................................... xiii


Preface to the Original Edition ........................................ xvii


Chapter 1: What Is This Book About? ....................................... 1

Something for Everyone .................................................... 2
What You Will Learn ....................................................... 3
Internet In A Box ......................................................... 5
What You Need ............................................................. 6
What an Internet Connection Means ......................................... 7
How This Book Is Organized ............................................... 10


Chapter 2: What Is the Internet? ......................................... 11

What Makes Up the Internet? .............................................. 13
Who Governs the Internet? ................................................ 13
Who Pays for It? ......................................................... 15
What Does This Mean for Me? .............................................. 15
What Does the Future Hold? ............................................... 16


Chapter 3: How the Internet Works ........................................ 21

Moving Bits from One Place to Another .................................... 21
Making the Network Friendly .............................................. 27


Chapter 4: What's Allowed on the Internet? ............................... 33

Legal Implications ....................................................... 33
Network Ethics ........................................................... 38
Ethics and the Commercial Internet ....................................... 40
Security Consciousness ................................................... 41


Chapter 5: Exploring the World Wide Web: SPRY Mosaic ..................... 47

Introducing the World Wide Web ........................................... 47
The Development of SPRY Mosaic ........................................... 48
Starting SPRY Mosaic ..................................................... 49
Navigating the Web with SPRY Mosaic and GNN .............................. 51
Working with Hotlists and Menus .......................................... 57
Working with Documents ................................................... 69
Accessing Other Services ................................................. 77
Customizing SPRY Mosaic .................................................. 88
Improving SPRY Mosaic's Performance ...................................... 95
Using External Viewers ................................................... 98


Chapter 6: Moving Files: Network File Manager ........................... 103

Starting the Network File Manager ....................................... 104
Trying Out Anonymous FTP ................................................ 107
The Network File Manager Window ......................................... 109
Basic File Operations ................................................... 112
Browsing Files on a Remote Machine ...................................... 124
Opening Multiple Sessions ............................................... 129
Simplifying the Connection Process ...................................... 130
Compressed Files and Archives ........................................... 136
Customizations .......................................................... 140
Notes on Various Systems ................................................ 140


Chapter 7: Electronic Mail: SPRY Mail ................................... 147

When Is Electronic Mail Useful? ......................................... 147
Hints for Writing Electronic Mail ....................................... 149
How Electronic Mail Works ............................................... 151
Acquiring Electronic Mail Addresses ..................................... 155
SPRY Mail Basics ........................................................ 156
Reading Your Mail ....................................................... 159
Sending Messages ........................................................ 164
Managing Your Mail ...................................................... 171
Using SPRY Mail's Search Facility ....................................... 178
Changing SPRY Mail's Default Settings ................................... 181
Working with Address Books .............................................. 189
Sending Files ........................................................... 194
When Electronic Mail Gets Returned ...................................... 200
Internet Mailing Lists and Reflectors ................................... 204


Chapter 8: Network News: SPRY News ...................................... 211

News Organization ....................................................... 212
Using SPRY News ......................................................... 216
Reading News ............................................................ 224
Posting Your Own Articles ............................................... 238
Working with News Servers ............................................... 246
Customizations .......................................................... 248


Chapter 9: Tunneling Through the Internet: SPRY Gopher .................. 251

Introducing Gopher ...................................................... 252
Using SPRY Gopher ....................................................... 254
Navigating with SPRY Gopher ............................................. 256
Looking at Text Files ................................................... 260
Searching with Gopher ................................................... 263
Using Telnet Through Gopher ............................................. 274
Browsing or Downloading Files ........................................... 276
Accessing Other Servers ................................................. 279
Getting Information About Gopher Resources .............................. 291
Gopher Development ...................................................... 293


Chapter 10: Remote Login: SPRY Telnet ................................... 295

Simple Telnet ........................................................... 295
Specialized Telnet Servers .............................................. 297
Working with SPRY Telnet ................................................ 301
Opening Multiple SPRY Telnet Sessions ................................... 306
Capturing Your Session .................................................. 306
Automating SPRY Telnet .................................................. 310
Remapping the Keyboard .................................................. 321
Telnetting to IBM Mainframes ............................................ 325


Chapter 11: Finding Files ............................................... 331

How Archie Works ........................................................ 332
Contacting Archie ....................................................... 333
Using Archie with Telnet ................................................ 334
Using Archie by Electronic Mail ......................................... 346
Archie Using a Client ................................................... 350


Chapter 12: Finding Someone ............................................. 359

Why Isn't There One Directory? .......................................... 359
What Is There? .......................................................... 361


Chapter 13: Searching Indexed Databases: WAIS ........................... 385

How WAIS Works .......................................................... 386
Getting Access .......................................................... 387
Public WAIS Clients ..................................................... 402


Chapter 14: Other Applications .......................................... 409

The X Window System ..................................................... 409
Disk and File Sharing ................................................... 410
Time Services ........................................................... 411
Fax Over the Internet ................................................... 412
Diversions .............................................................. 414
Audio and Video ......................................................... 421
Robotic Librarians ...................................................... 422


Chapter 15: Dealing with Problems ....................................... 423

The Ground Rules ........................................................ 423
Gather Baseline Information ............................................. 425
The Battleplan .......................................................... 426
Talking to Operations Personnel ......................................... 434


Chapter 16: The Utilities in Internet In A Box .......................... 437

SPRY UUCode ............................................................. 437
SPRY ImageView .......................................................... 450


Appendix A: International Network Connectivity .......................... 475


Appendix B: Acceptable Use .............................................. 481


Glossary ................................................................ 483


Index ................................................................... 493



                                   TABLES

3-1 Original High-level Domains .......................................... 30
5-1 Services and Sample URLs ............................................. 54
5-2 SPRY Mosaic's Keyboard Support ....................................... 70
5-3 SPRY Mosaic's Default External Viewers ............................... 99
5-4 MIME Content Types .................................................. 100
6-1 Network File Manager Icons .......................................... 111
6-2 Some Common File Types .............................................. 114
6-3 Some Common File Associations ....................................... 126
6-4 Some Common Compression Formats and Programs ........................ 137
7-1 Comparison of Communication Methods ................................. 148
7-2 Addressing users of other networks .................................. 153
7-3 SPRY Mail Status Icons .............................................. 160
7-4 Subscribing to Mailing Lists ........................................ 207
8-1 Common Distribution Keywords ........................................ 242
9-1 Icons Used by SPRY Gopher ........................................... 256
9-2 SPRY Gopher's External Viewers ...................................... 277
9-3 Types of Gopher Resources ........................................... 292
10-1 Some Common Non-printing Characters ................................ 317
11-1 Available Archie Servers ........................................... 333
11-2 Some Archie Regular Expressions .................................... 340
11-3 Some Examples Using Regular Expressions ............................ 340
11-4 The URLs of Some Archie Gateways ................................... 353
12-1 X.500 Client Software for Windows .................................. 376
12-2 Public Netfind Access Sites ........................................ 381
13-1 Some Freeware and Shareware WAIS Clients ........................... 388
13-2 Public WAIS Servers ................................................ 403
15-1 Some FTP Sites with WS_PING ........................................ 431
16-1 SPRY UUCode's File Naming Conventions .............................. 447
16-2 The RGB Values of Some Colors ...................................... 463
A-1 Key to Connectivity Table ........................................... 476
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