Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!nosun!qiclab!m2xenix!quagga!ccml From: ccml@quagga.ru.ac.za (Mike Lawrie) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Subject: Re: Domains Registered in November 1990 Message-ID: <1990Dec11.125555.2353@quagga.ru.ac.za> Date: 11 Dec 90 12:55:55 GMT References: <47028@apple.Apple.COM> <9012042102.AA13531@bullhead.awdpa.ibm.com> Distribution: inet Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, RSA Lines: 52 In <9012042102.AA13531@bullhead.awdpa.ibm.com> brunner@bullhead.UUCP (MH 6.6, Eric Brunner) writes: >Two points, first, the use of "ZA" for the UNINET Project, >Am I especially confused today or arn't we using ISO country codes where ever >possible? I'm clueless as to what the UNINET project is, but I'm guessing that >it isn't the fidonet hack to route South African traffic. Let me try to clear some of the confusion. The academic network in South Africa is known by the (unfortunate) name of Uninet. It is sometimes distinguished from the 100's of other Uninets of the world by calling it Uninet-za. There are some 20-odd universities and research institutes in South Africa connected by various protocols to form Uninet-za. Seed-money for the 64 Kbd trunks was provided by the taxpayers via the Foundation for Research Development (the body that funds most of the university research here). The academic sites will fall under an .AC.ZA domain. The Uninet Office is the administrative entity for the .ZA domain (and the .AC.ZA domain). Uninet-za has adopted a policy of moving onto the Internet standards as far as possible. There is a small internet of 4 sites, about 600 miles apart, using tcp/ip. At the University of Cape Town (UCT) there is a tcp/ip to Decnet gateway. At Rhodes University there are two gateways to the big world, one being via a Fidonet Kludge, the other a uucp link. Rhodes also runs a home-grown link into an IBM VMNOTEs network, that allows sites like the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) to access world-wide email. We are looking to replace the uucp link with a tcp/ip dedicated connection. Any help or comments about getting a dedicated 9600 baud analog link at the USA end will be much appreciated - we have had horrendous quotes ($8000 /mth) and don't really know how to get the price closer to an affordable $3500 /mth. There are several links to parts of Southern Africa (eg Botswana and Namibia, soon Zimbabwe). These eminate from Rhodes as well. There is also an active network of commercial hackers (I mean no disrespect) called Sanet. This is potentially a .CO.ZA domain. I will gladly handle any further questions or amplify on any of the points above. Mike Lawrie Director Computing Services, Rhodes University, South Africa --- Rhodes University condemns racism and racial segregation and strives to maintain a strong tradition of non-discrimination with regard to race and gender in the constitution of its student body, in the selection and promotion of its staff and in its administration.