In my opinion, if you want to acquire a basic knowledge in
networking and related matters you should read The Network
Administrators' Guide by Olaf Kirch.
The WWW
The first section presents the World Wide
Web. Links to the documentation of the HTML language are provided.
Some programs supplying the http protocol are presented. |
The E-Mail
This next section presents the electronic
mail system. It gives some hints about how to read and to send
messages. It provides some information on a possible mail
implementation and explains briefly how to setup a configuration on
a Unix workstation.
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The FTP
The second section presents the File
Transfert Protocol. Some tips on the ftp command are given.
Information about an anonymous ftp server is also provided.
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The News
The third section presents Usenet. What
is all about ? How to access to news groups ? What about the news
server ? Answers are coming very soon !
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The DNS
The dns section presents the Domain Name
Server. It explains how to configure a Unix workstation to have
access to the DNS. It provides the technical information about the
current implementation at Rungis.
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Security
The last section gives access to the
main source of information about security and privacy.
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MultiMedia
The multimedia section provides
specific information about tools needed to support audio and video
stuff from the net. Cool ! |
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