CREN/CSNET: The Computer + Science Network


           _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
           CSNET Coordination and Information Center (CIC)
           Systems and Technologies Division
           Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. (BBN)
           10 Moulton Street
           Cambridge, MA 02138

           _E_m_a_i_l: [email protected]

           _P_h_o_n_e: (617) 873-2777 (CSNET hotline)


           _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

           CSNET and BITNET merged in the autumn of 1989  to  form  the
           Corporation  for Research and Educational Networking (CREN).
           CSNET continues to supply international  data  communication
           through  TCP/IP  and allied email-only services.  Members of
           CREN/CSNET include universities, colleges, government  agen-
           cies,   nonprofit  organizations,  and  industrial  research
           laboratories in the U.S. and abroad.

           CSNET offers several connection options to serve  the  needs
           of  large  and  small  organizations.   The  options include
           dial-up  delivery  of  electronic  mail,  dial-up   IP-based
           interactive  service, and IP-based interactive service using
           leased telephone and X.25 circuits.

           CSNET also provides technical information to  network  users
           and support services to member organizations.  It operates a
           24-hour telephone hotline and a  "help"  mailbox,  publishes
           CSNET-FORUM (an online newsletter), and distributes documen-
           tation on network use  and  services  by  email  through  an
           automated document server and other automated servers.  Net-
           work users may access the same information by anonymous FTP.

           Network users may register themselves in the CSNET User Name
           Server,  an  automated directory database of users and hosts
           maintained at the CSNET Coordination and Information  Center
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           The information in this section is provided  in  accor-
           dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
           of this guide.




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           (CIC). The User Name Server may be queried by email or  tel-
           net.

           CSNET participates actively in Internet  organizations  such
           as the Federation of American Research Networks (FARNET) and
           working groups organized by the  Internet  Engineering  Task
           Force (IETF).

           _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

           Because CSNET offers email-only and dial-up  connections  as
           well  as  full  IP  services,  CSNET  takes  care to provide
           appropriate user and technical services for users  who  lack
           direct connections to the Internet.

           _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k

           Any member organization may  use  the  support  services  of
           CSNET for technical and user information.  The email servers
           and  anonymous  FTP  files  are  open  to  anyone  with  the
           appropriate  access.   CSNET  members  can exchange messages
           with each other and with users of many  connected  networks,
           including  BITNET,  NSFNET,  Milnet, UUCP, and non-U.S. net-
           works.  Use of the network for purposes other than  research
           and education is not permitted.


























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