Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!mcnc!ecsgate!ecsvax!dukeac!wolves!ggw From: ggw@wolves.uucp (Gregory G. Woodbury) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: DDN NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (NIC) Summary: anonymous ftp available at NIC Message-ID: <1990Apr8.003629.4155@wolves.uucp> Date: 8 Apr 90 00:36:29 GMT References: <9004040841.AA12124@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <3814@infmx.UUCP> Reply-To: ggw@wolves.UUCP (Gregory G. Woodbury) Followup-To: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Organization: Wolves Den UNIX BBS Lines: 24 In article <3814@infmx.UUCP> briand@infmx.UUCP (brian donat) writes: >To summarize Mr. McDaniel's helpful posting, > the following is noted: > NIC services are for registered DDN users and if > you should not fall into this category, you have no > access to the services and hence, no access to RFCs. > > So, whatever text or other references pointed you in > your persuit of net.knowledge to RFCs, the road ends > here if you're not a DDN user. (Apparently) > >I only have one question. Are RFCs classified? The NIC.DDN.MIL supports "anonymous ftp" for access to the RFC's and other documents. Additionally, there are (I believe) RFC archives on the uunet.uu.net site as well where there is anonymous ftp and a 900 telephone number for uucp access. -- Gregory G. Woodbury Sysop/owner Wolves Den UNIX BBS, Durham NC UUCP: ...dukcds!wolves!ggw ...dukeac!wolves!ggw [use the maps!] Domain: ggw@cds.duke.edu ggw@ac.duke.edu ggw%wolves@ac.duke.edu Phone: +1 919 493 1998 (Home) +1 919 684 6126 (Work) [The line eater is a boojum snark! ]