UNINETT
_A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
UNINETT secretariat
SINTEF Delab
N-7034 Trondheim, Norway
_E_m_a_i_l:
[email protected]
C=no;P=uninett;O=uninett;S=sekr
_P_h_o_n_e: +47 7 592980
_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
UNINETT is the Norwegian academic data network. Its purpose
is to support research and education and collaborative work
in and among academic and non-profit research organizations
in Norway by providing access to computer networks and net-
work resources. UNINETT is both a network, an organization,
and an infrastructure based on a set of datacommunication
protocols. As the Norwegian branch of the Internet,
EARN/BITNET, the European academic DECnet, and OSInet/IXI,
UNINETT offers a variety of services connecting the
Norwegian academic society to the rest of the academic
world.
Electronic mail, file transfer, terminal access, directory
services, and USENET Network News are among the services
available on the UNINETT network.
By July 1991, about eighty academic and research organiza-
tions are connected to the UNINETT backbone, giving national
and international connection to some eight thousand IP
hosts, a few hundred DECnet hosts and X.400 MTAs, and a
handful of EARN/BITNET nodes. The number of users is stipu-
lated to be about fifteen thousand.
UNINETT is a member of NORDUnet, which is a cooperative
effort of the academic networks in all of the Nordic coun-
tries and is connected internationally through the NORDUnet
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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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network.
The UNINETT activity is funded by The Norwegian Ministry of
Education, Research and Church Affairs; the day-to-day work
is organized by a secretariat sited at SINTEF Delab, Tron-
dheim.
_N_e_t_w_o_r_k _a_c_c_e_s_s:
UNINETT can be reached from the Internet, IXI, and Public
X.25 EARN/NJE. We also have mail connectivity with the
Norwegian PTTs public X.400 network.
_W_h_o _c_a_n _u_s_e _t_h_e _n_e_t_w_o_r_k:
UNINETT is a non-commercial network for academic and
research traffic only. However, recently some commercial
organizations have gained access to the network, under res-
trictions that do not allow them to use the network for com-
mercial purposes.
_M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n:
See also the information about NORDUnet.
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