RFC 1206 (rfc1206) - Page 1 of 32
FYI on Questions and Answers: Answers to commonly asked "new Internet user" questions
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Network Working Group G. Malkin Request for Comments: 1206 FTP Software, Inc. FYI: 4 A. Marine Obsoletes: RFC 1177 SRI February 1991 FYI on Questions and Answers Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions Status of this Memo This FYI RFC is one of two FYI's called, "Questions and Answers" (Q/A), produced by the User Services Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The goal is to document the most commonly asked questions and answers in the Internet. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify any standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Table of Contents 1. Introduction................................................. 1 2. Acknowledgements............................................. 2 3. Questions About the Internet................................. 2 4. Questions About TCP/IP....................................... 4 5. Questions About the Domain Name System....................... 4 6. Questions About Internet Documentation....................... 5 7. Questions about Internet Organizations and Contacts.......... 9 8. Questions About Services..................................... 13 9. Mailing Lists................................................ 16 10. Miscellaneous "Internet lore" questions..................... 17 11. Suggested Reading........................................... 18 12. References.................................................. 19 13. Condensed Glossary.......................................... 20 14. Security Considerations..................................... 31 15. Authors' Addresses.......................................... 32 1. Introduction New users joining the Internet community have the same questions as did everyone else who has ever joined. Our quest is to provide the Internet community with up to date, basic Internet knowledge and experience, while moving the redundancies away from the electronic mailing lists so that the lists' subscribers do not have to read the same queries and answers over and over again. Future updates of this memo will be produced as User Services members User Services Working Group
