ARNET-Argentine Science Network


           _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
                     UNDP Project ARG-86-026
                     Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto
                     Reconquista 1088 1er. Piso - Informatica
                     (1003) Capital Federal
                     Buenos Aires, Argentina
                     Attention: Jorge Marcelo Amodio (NIC JMA49)

           _E_m_a_i_l: [email protected]
                     or [email protected]

           _P_h_o_n_e: (+541) 313-8082
                     Fax: (+541) 814-4824


           _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

           ARNET, a TCP/IP network connected to the  Internet,  is  the
           major  science  and  research network of Argentina.  It con-
           nects approximately three hundred sites, mainly universities
           and research organizations.  ARNET provides electronic mail,
           USENET News, file server, and electronic mailing  list  ser-
           vices.

           Like other cooperative networks, ARNET has no central  plan-
           ning  or  central authority.  The current international link
           and the top-level AR domain are managed by the UNDP  (United
           Nations  Development  Programme), Project ARG-86-026, at the
           Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MREC), together with the Secre-
           tariat  of  Science  and  Technology  (SECYT).  For the time
           being, the top-level  subdomains  are  administered  by  the
           UNDP/MREC project.

           ARNET is a store-and-forward message network  based  on  the
           Unix  communications  facilities.   The  international elec-
           tronic mail gateway and USENET news backbone, atina.ar, is a
           '386  machine  running  Unix  System V connected to the MREC
           Local Area Network.  The network is connected to the  Inter-
           net through a satellite link to SURANet at the University of
           _________________________
           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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           Maryland.

           Most ARNET connections are over the public telephone network
           or  the  public  packet-switching  network, ARPAC, using the
           UUCP protocol in different environments.   USENET  news  and
           most  electronic  mail  traffic  is  brought  to  ARNET from
           uunet.uu.net via Internet.

           Several major nodes, such  as  secyt.gov.ar  (Secretaria  de
           Ciencia y Tecnologia), dcfcen.edu.ar (Departamento de Compu-
           tacion, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales,  Universi-
           dad de Buenos Aires), and opsarg.org.ar (Organizacion Panam-
           ericana de la Salud), call atina.ar  over  telephone  lines,
           PSN  ARPAC,  or  leased  lines  to  distribute mail and news
           traffic to other nodes.  Many nodes use various  implementa-
           tions of UUCP for MS-DOS with limited functionality.

           Future plans

           There is a cooperation agreement between the UNDP/MREC  pro-
           ject  and  the  SECYT  to distribute Internet services.  The
           first stage will be the installation of  a  couple  of  Unix
           boxes  at  major  regional sites, interconnected through the
           PSN ARPAC and national  satellite  links  using  UUCP.   The
           second  stage  will  be  the  migration from UUCP to TCP/IP.
           There are under study different ways to distribute  Internet
           services throughout the country, and to upgrade the interna-
           tional link to the Internet.


           _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

           ARNET's IP number is 140.191.  Several bits of  the  address
           are   reserved   for   subnetting.    The   subnet  mask  is
           255.255.254.0.

           The current MX-host  for  the  AR  domain  is  uunet.uu.net.
           Domain Name Service for AR domain is served by NS.UU.NET and
           UUCP-GW-1.PA.DEC.COM.  Most systems on ARNET use the  Inter-
           net addressing scheme and the UUCP bang notation.

                 Top-level-domain:   AR (Argentina)
                 Internet:           [email protected]
                 UUCP:               uunet!atina!node.subdomain.ar!user
                                     or uunet!atina!node!user

           There are several  top-level  subdomains.   Provincial  sub-
           domains  are  used when sites don't apply for organizational
           subdomains.

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                 edu.ar    Academic and research institutions
                 org.ar    Non profit organizations
                 gov.ar    Government institutions and agencies
                 com.ar    Commercial organizations
                 mil.ar    Military institutions
                 mrec.ar   Ministry of Foreign Affairs Network

                 ba.ar     Buenos Aires
                 cb.ar     Cordoba
                 cc.ar     Chaco
                 ch.ar     Chubut
                 cn.ar     Corrientes
                 ct.ar     Catamarca
                 er.ar     Entre Rios
                 fm.ar     Formosa
                 jy.ar     Jujuy
                 lp.ar     La Pampa
                 lr.ar     La Rioja
                 mn.ar     Misiones
                 mz.ar     Mendoza
                 nq.ar     Neuquen
                 rn.ar     Rio Negro
                 sa.ar     Salta
                 sc.ar     Santa Cruz
                 se.ar     Santiago del Estero
                 sf.ar     Santa Fe
                 sj.ar     San Juan
                 sl.ar     San Luis
                 tf.ar     Tierra del Fuego
                 tm.ar     Tucuman


           _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n

           ARNET  UUCP  maps  are  available  from   USENET   News   or
           uunet.uu.net.  The maps are organized by provinces.  It will
           be available for anonymous ftp from atina.ar (140.191.2.2).













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