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- Finger
- Finger description: Unix manual page for finger: unix man finger
- Finger Protocol: The Finger User Information Protocol, by D. Zimmerman (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc1288.txt)
- Finger via email: : mail dlangley@netcom.com Subject: #finger USER@HOST.DOMAIN"
- Finger via telnet: access finger via telnet HOST=host on which USER is located, then type USER (telnet://rpi.edu:79)
- FingerInfo: a script to get information via finger, by Scott Yanoff (ftp://ftp.csd.uwm.edu/pub/fingerinfo)
Definition: Finger retrieves information about a user registered on a host computer.
Finger via gopher: gopher to HOST, port 79, path 0USER-ID (gopher://HOST:79/0USERID)
- Netfind
- Netfind description: a way to find someone on the Internet, by Michael F. Schwartz (ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/cs/distribs/netfind/README)
- Netfind source: (ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/cs/distribs/netfind/)
- Netfind via Web: (http://www.nova.edu/Inter-Links/netfind.html)
- Netfind via telnet: using telnet to find someone on the Internet (telnet://netfind@ds.internic.net) Login as : netfind
Definition: Netfind provides a simple Internet `white pages' user directory.
- Nslookup
- Nslookup man page: Unix man page: unix man nslookup
- Nslookup command: command to find out about command-name: unix nslookup domain-name
Definition: Nslookup is an interactive program to query Internet domain name servers (gives IP address).
- Ping
- Ping: a Ping product for Windows (http://www.netmanage.com/netmanage/apps/ping.html)
- Ping demo: check to see if host uwm.edu is up and roundtrip time: unix /usr/etc/ping -s uwm.edu
Definition: Ping requests echo from network host; see if remote host is up.
- TIA = The Internet Adapter (tm)
- TIA: The Internet Adapter (tm), $ (http://marketplace.com/0/tia/tiahome.html)
Definition: The Internet Adapter (tm) $, allows you to use TCP/IP applications using a UNIX shell account.
This is classified as an "Internet access utility."
- WHOIS
- WHOIS via Web: (http://rs.internic.net/cgi-bin/whois)
- Whois specs: NICNAME/WHOIS, by Harrenstien, Stahl, Feinler (October 1985) (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc0954.txt)
- Whois Servers List: List of Internet whois servers, by Matt Power (ftp://sipb.mit.edu/pub/whois/whois-servers.list)
- Whois via email: : mail mailserv@ds.internic.net Body: "whois DOMAIN"
- Whois via gopher: enter HOST.DOMAIN to query (gopher://ds.internic.net:4320/7whois%20rs.internic.net)
- Whois via telnet: at the prompt, enter whois host-name (telnet://rs.internic.net)
- Whois via Unix: the Unix command for whois, where `string' is the organization/person name or Internet domain name: unix whois "string"
Definition: WHOIS provides information on registered computer network users, domains, and organizations.
- X.500
- X.500 Definition: Executive Introduction to Directory Services Using the X.500 Protocol (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/fyi/fyi13.txt)
- X.500 Stds: Links to most sources of information on the X.500 standards (http://www.nexor.co.uk/~cjr/directory.html)
- X.500 Implement: A Revised Catalog of Available X.500 Implementations (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/fyi/fyi11.txt)
- X.500 Technical: Technical Overview of Directory Services Using the X.500 Protocol (ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/fyi/fyi14.txt)
- X.500 via telnet: at the prompt, enter X500whois host-name (telnet://rs.internic.net)
- X.500 via gopher: (gopher://judgmentday.rs.itd.umich.edu:7777)
- X.500 via WWW: from the X.500 Group at Brunel University (http://http1.brunel.ac.uk:8080/wlu.html)
Definition: X.500 (OSI Directory Service) provides globally distributed directory service.