Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!shelby!apple!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!bionet!kristoff From: kristoff@genbank.bio.net (David Kristofferson) Newsgroups: bionet.users.addresses Subject: Re: Book on Computer Networks Message-ID: Date: 3 Oct 90 21:22:17 GMT References: <9010012313.AA05762@genbank.bio.net> <1895@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> Organization: GenBank Online Service Lines: 18 The book documents the larger networks and provides information about them. It does not attempt to keep up to date on every new host on the system. It has been out in two editions so far with the second one coming out about a year after the first. Regarding computer tools, there is software available called "whitepages" on the Internet which is a more sophisticated means of looking up users. This is relatively new stuff and my impression is that its use is still not widespread. If I can tear Eliot Lear here away from his busy schedule, perhaps he may be able to tell you all a little about it. -- Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson GenBank Manager kristoff@genbank.bio.net