CREN/CSNET User Name Server ``ns''


           _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
           CREN/CSNET Coordination and Information Center
           10 Moulton Street
           Cambridge, MA 02138

           _E-_m_a_i_l: [email protected] (for questions or comments  about  the
           User Name Server and for new registrations)

           [email protected] (for automated query requests via email)

           _P_h_o_n_e: (617) 873-2777 (for questions or comments)
           (617) 491-2777 (for access to the program via dial-up modem)


           _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

           The User Name Server is a central database containing infor-
           mation  about  CREN/CSNET  organizations  and  users  from a
           variety of sites.  The User Name Server automatically  sends
           update messages at least once a year to registered users.

           _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _a_c_c_e_s_s

           Interactive access for queries only: (1)  On  the  Internet,
           TELNET  to  sh.cs.net  and  log  on  as  ``ns,'' no password
           required.  (2) By dial-up modem, call (617)  491-2777.   (3)
           On the Internet, under UNIX BSD, use the whois protocol, for
           example, whois -h sh.cs.net ``jones oxbridge.''

           Email access for queries and registration: for  information,
           send  a  message to [email protected] with the following
           lines in the body of the message:

                   Request: info
                   Topic: ns




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           dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
           of this guide.




           7 May 1990                  NNSC        Section 4.4,  Page 1








           _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_a_m_e_s_e_r_v_e_r

           Anyone with Internet access or email access to the Internet/
           CSNET/BITNET  community  may  query  the database or request
           registration.  Sites that wish to submit nameserver  entries
           are encouraged to contact the CIC ([email protected]).













































           7 May 1990                  NNSC        Section 4.4,  Page 2

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