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Current issue : #26 | Release date : 1989-04-25 | Editor : Taran King
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Title : Internet Domains: FTSaga Appendix 3 (Limbo To Infinity)
Author : Phrack Staff
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                     Volume Three, Issue 26, File 8 of 11

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Special thanks goes out to Henry Nussbacher who did the actual compiling of
this list.  For those of you on Bitnet, you may have seen this previously in
the form of BITNET GATES.

For readers who are a little unsure of what this file shows, I will try to
explain a little.  As you already know from the Future Transcendent Saga, there
are many different networks all around the world.  Most of these networks are
connected in some way, usually all being called the Internet.

Now, as you should know, Taran King and Knight Lighting both have addresses on
Bitnet that are on the node UMCVMB.BITNET.  However, this node also exists
on the Internet in a different form:  UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU.

EDU is the Internet domain for academic nodes.  Not every node on Bitnet has a
translation on the Internet.  Then again, only a small fraction of the
nodes on Internet have Bitnet equivalents.

So what this file really shows is what network you are sending mail to when you
have an address that contains a nodename or routing designation that looks a
little strange.  For people on Bitnet it also shows what Bitnet address serves
as the gateway between Bitnet and whichever network they are sending to on the
Internet.

The following is a table of gateways between Bitnet and other networks.  It is
in the format of;

Domain:       The upper level recognized name by the Columbia University VM
              mail system.

Name:         The descriptive name of this network.

Gateway:      Where the mail is sent to in Bitnet.  Unless otherwise specified,
              the gateway expects to receive a BSMTP (Batch Simple Mail
              Transfer Protocol) envelope.  Users in general do not need to
              worry about the contents of this field.  This is not a mailbox
              for general questions but rather the server machine (daemon) that
              acts as the transporter of mail from one network to another.
              Software postmasters are expected to configure their system so
              that their system sends to the nearest gateway and not to the
              default gateway.

Translation:  Upon occasion, certain addresses will be translated internally to
              point to an indirect gateway.  In such a case, the complete
              address is specified.

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Internet Commercial Clients (COM)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Domain:     COM
Name:       Internet - Commerical clients
Gateway:    SMTP@INTERBIT

Domain:     CRD.GE.COM
Name:       General Electric Corporate Research & Development
Gateway:    MAILER@GECRDVM1

Domain:     HAC.COM
Name:       Hughes Aircraft Co. Local Area Network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@YMIR

Domain:     STARGATE.COM
Name:       Stargate Information Service
Gateway:    SMTP@UIUCVMD

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Internet Academic Clients (EDU)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Domain:     EDU
Name:       Internet - Academic clients
Gateway:    SMTP@INTERBIT

Domain:     ARIZONA.EDU
Name:       University of Arizona, Tucson
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@ARIZRVAX

Domain:     BATES.EDU
Name:       Bates College Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@DARTCMS1

Domain:     CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU
Name:       University of California at Berkeley
Gateway:    MAILER@UCBCMSA

Domain:     BERKELEY.EDU
Name:       University of California at Berkeley Campus Mail Network
Gateway:    BSMTP@UCBJADE

Domain:     BU.EDU
Name:       Boston University Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@BUACCA

Domain:     BUCKNELL.EDU
Name:       Bucknell University Local Area Network
Gateway:    SMTP@BKNLVMS

Domain:     BUFFALO.EDU
Name:       State University of New York at Buffalo
Gateway:    SMTP@UBVM

Domain:     BYU.EDU
Name:       Brigham Young University Campus Network
Gateway:    MAILER@BYUADMIN

Domain:     CALTECH.EDU
Name:       California Institute of Technology local area network
Gateway:    MAILER@HAMLET

Domain:     CLAREMONT.EDU
Name:       Claremont Colleges Local Area Network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@YMIR

Domain:     CLARKSON.EDU
Name:       Clarkson University Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@CLVM

Domain:     CMU.EDU
Name:       Carnegie Mellon University Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@CMUCCVMA

Domain:     COLORADO.EDU
Name:       University of Colorado at Boulder Local Area Network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@COLORADO

Domain:     COLUMBIA.EDU
Name:       Columbia University Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@CUVMA

Domain:     CONNCOLL.EDU
Name:       Connecticut College Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@CONNCOLL

Domain:     CORNELL.EDU
Name:       Cornell University
Gateway:    MAL@CORNELLC

Domain:     CUN.EDU
Name:       University of Puerto Rico
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@UPRENET

Domain:     CUNY.EDU
Name:       City University of New York
Gateway:    SMTP@CUNYVM

Domain:     DARTMOUTH.EDU
Name:       Dartmouth College Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@DARTCMS1

Domain:     GATECH.EDU
Name:       Georgia Institute of Technology Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@GITVM1

Domain:     HAMPSHIRE.EDU
Name:       Hampshire College Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@HAMPVMS

Domain:     HARVARD.EDU
Name:       Harvard University Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@HARVARDA

Domain:     HAWAII.EDU
Name:       University of Hawaii Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@UHCCUX

Domain:     IASTATE.EDU
Name:       Iowa State University Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@ISUMVS

Domain:     KSU.EDU
Name:       Kansas State University
Gateway:    MAILER@KSUVM

Domain:     LEHIGH.EDU
Name:       Lehigh University Campus Network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@LEHIIBM1

Domain:     LSU.EDU
Name:       Louisiana State University local area network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@LSUVAX

Domain:     MAINE.EDU
Name:       University of Maine System
Gateway:    MAILER@MAINE

Domain:     MAYO.EDU
Name:       Mayo Clinic LAN, Minnesota Regional Network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@UMNACVX

Domain:     MIT.EDU
Name:       MIT Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@MITVMA

Domain:     NCSU.EDU
Name:       North Carolina State University
Gateway:    MAILER@NCSUVM

Domain:     CCCC.NJIT.EDU
Name:       NJIT Computer Conferencing Center
Gateway:    MAILER@ORION
Comments:   In process of establishing a single NJIT.EDU domain

Domain:     NWU.EDU
Name:       Northwestern University Local Area Network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@NUACC

Domain:     NYU.EDU
Name:       New York University/Academic Computing Facility LAN
Gateway:    SMTP@NYUCCVM

Domain:     OBERLIN.EDU
Name:       Oberlin College
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@OBERLIN

Domain:     PEPPERDINE.EDU
Name:       Pepperdine University
Gateway:    MAILER@PEPVAX

Domain:     PRINCETON.EDU
Name:       Princeton University Local Area Network
Gateway:    VMMAIL@PUCC

Domain:     PURDUE.EDU
Name:       Purdue University Campus Network
Gateway:    MAILER@PURCCVM

Domain:     RICE.EDU
Name:       Rice University Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@RICE

Domain:     ROSE-HULMAN.EDU
Name:       Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Local Area Network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@RHIT

Domain:     SDSC.EDU
Name:       San Diego Supercomputer Center
Gateway:    MAILER@SDSC

Domain:     STANFORD.EDU
Name:       Stanford University Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@STANFORD

Domain:     STOLAF.EDU
Name:       St. Olaf College LAN, Minnesota Regional Network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@UMNACVX

Domain:     SWARTHMORE.EDU
Name:       Swarthmore College Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@SWARTHMR

Domain:     SYR.EDU
Name:       Syracuse University Local Area Network (FASTNET)
Gateway:    SMTP@SUVM

Domain:     TORONTO.EDU
Name:       University of Toronto local area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@UTORONTO

Domain:     TOWSON.EDU
Name:       Towson State University Network
Gateway:    MAILER@TOWSONVX

Domain:     TRINCOLL.EDU
Name:       Trinity College - Hartford, Connecticut
Gateway:    MAILER@TRINCC

Domain:     TRINITY.EDU
Name:       Trinity University
Gateway:    MAILER@TRINITY

Domain:     TULANE.EDU
Name:       Tulane University local area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@TCSVM

Domain:     UAKRON.EDU
Name:       University of Akron Campus Network
Gateway:    MAILER@AKRONVM

Domain:     UCAR.EDU
Name:       National Center for Atmospheric Research Bldr CO
Gateway:    SMTPSERV@NCARIO

Domain:     UCHICAGO.EDU
Name:       University of Chicago Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@UCHIMVS1

Domain:     UCLA.EDU
Name:       University of California Los Angeles
Gateway:    MAILER@UCLAMVS

Domain:     UCOP.EDU
Name:       University of California, Office of the President
Gateway:    BSMTP@UCBJADE

Domain:     UCSB.EDU
Name:       University of California, Santa Barbara
Gateway:    MAILER@SBITP

Domain:     UCSD.EDU
Name:       University of California at San Diego Campus Mail Network
Gateway:    MAILER@UCSD

Domain:     UCSF.EDU
Name:       Univ of California San Francisco Network
Gateway:    BSMTP@UCSFCCA

Domain:     UFL.EDU
Name:       University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Gateway:    MAILER@NERVM

Domain:     UGA.EDU
Name:       University of Georgia Campus Network
Gateway:    MAILER@UGA

Domain:     UIC.EDU
Name:       University of Illinois at Chicago
Gateway:    MAILER@UICVM

Domain:     UIUC.EDU
Name:       University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Local Area Network
Gateway:    SMTP@UIUCVMD

Domain:     UKANS.EDU
Name:       University of Kansas
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@UKANVAX

Domain:     UKY.EDU
Name:       University of Kentucky
Gateway:    MAILER@UKCC

Domain:     UMN.EDU
Name:       University of Minnesota LAN, Minnesota Regional Network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@UMNACVX

Domain:     UNL.EDU
Name:       University of Nebraska Lincoln
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@UNLVAX1

Domain:     UOREGON.EDU
Name:       University of Oregon
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@OREGON

Domain:     URICH.EDU
Name:       University of Richmond network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@URVAX

Domain:     UPENN.EDU
Name:       University of Pennsylvania Campus Network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@PENNLRSM

Domain:     USC.EDU
Name:       University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Gateway:    SMTP@USCVM

Domain:     UTAH.EDU
Name:       University of Utah Computer Center
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@UTAHCCA

Domain:     UVCC.EDU
Name:       Utah Valley Community College
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@UTAHCCA

Domain:     VCU.EDU
Name:       Virginia Commonwealth University Internetwork
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@VCURUBY

Domain:     WASHINGTON.EDU
Name:       University of Washington Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@UWAVM

Domain:     WESLEYAN.EDU
Name:       Wesleyan University Local Area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@WESLEYAN

Domain:     WISC.EDU
Name:       University of Wisconsin Local Area Network
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@WISCMAC3

Domain:     WVNET.EDU
Name:       West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing
Gateway:    MAILER@WVNVAXA

Domain:     YALE.EDU
Name:       Yale University Local Area Network
Gateway:    SMTP@YALEVM

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United States Of America Government Domains
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Domain:     GOV
Name:       Internet - Government clients
Gateway:    SMTP@INTERBIT

Domain:     JPL.NASA.GOV
Name:       Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Gateway:    MAILER@HAMLET

Domain:     LBL.GOV
Name:       Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Gateway:    MAILER@LBL

Domain:     NBS.GOV
Name:       National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gateway:    SMTPUSER@NBSENH

Domain:     NSESCC.GSFC.NASA.GOV
Name:       NASA Space and Earth Sciences Computing Center
Gateway:    MAILER@SCFVM

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Italian National Network (IT)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Domain:     IT
Name:       Italian national network
Gateway:    MAILER@ICNUCEVX

Domain:     TO.CNR.IT
Name:       CNR (Italian Research Council) Network
Gateway:    CNRGATE@ITOPOLI

Domain:     INFN.IT
Name:       Italian Research Network
Gateways:   MAILER@IBOINFN
            INFNGW@IPIVAXIN
Comments:   IPIVAXIN is to only be used as a backup gateway in the event that
            IBOINFN is broken.

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Other Standard Domains Not Previously Detailed
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Domain:     ARPA
Name:       Advanced Research Projects Agency - US DOD
Gateway:    SMTP@INTERBIT

Domain:     AT
Name:       University Network of Austria
Gateway:    MAILER@AWIUNI11

Domain:     BE
Name:       Belgian Research Network
Gateway:    MAILER@BEARN

Domain:     CA
Name:       Canadian mail domain
Gateway:    MAILER@UTORGPU

Domain:     CDN
Name:       Canadian University X.400 Research Network
Gateway:    MAILER@UWOCC1
Comments:   The gateway at CERNVAX is no longer supported due to
            the high cost of X.25 transfer over public data networks.

Domain:     CERN
Name:       Center for Nuclear Research Network
Gateways:   1) MAILER@UWOCC1
            2) MAILER@CERNVAX

Domain:     CH
Name:       Swiss University Mail Network(s)
Gateway:    MAILER@CEARN

Domain:     CHUNET
Name:       Swiss University pilot X.400 Network
Gateway:    MAILER@CERNVAX

Domain:     DBP.DE
Name:       German X.400 National Network
Gateway:    MAILER@DFNGATE

Domain:     DE
Name:       EARN view of German academic networks
Gateway:    MAILER@DEARN

Domain:     DK
Name:       Denmark's Internet Domain
Gateway:    MAILER@NEUVM1

Domain:     ES
Name:       Spanish Internet Domain
Gateway:    MAILER@EB0UB011

Domain:     FI
Name:       Finland's Internet Domain
Gateway:    MAILER@FINHUTC

Domain:     FR
Name:       French University pilot X.400 Network
Gateway:    MAILER@CERNVAX

Domain:     HEPnet
Name:       High Energy Physics network
Gateway:    MAILER@LBL

Domain:     IE
Name:       Ireland Academic X25 Network
Gateway:    MAILER@IRLEARN

Domain:     IL
Name:       Israeli Academic Research Network
Gateway:    MAILER@TAUNIVM

Domain:     IS
Name:       Icelands Internet Domain
Gateway:    MAILER@NEUVM1

Domain:     JP
Name:       Japanese network
Gateway:    MAILER@JPNSUT00

Domain:     MFENET
Name:       Magnetic Fusion Energy Network
Gateway:    MFEGATE@ANLVMS

Domain:     MIL
Name:       Internet - Military clients
Gateway:    SMTP@INTERBIT

Domain:     NET
Name:       Internet - Network gateways
Gateway:    SMTP@INTERBIT

Domain:     NL
Name:       Netherlands Internet Domain
Gateway:    MAILER@HEARN

Domain:     NO
Name:       Norwegian Internet domain
Gateway:    MAILER@NORUNIX

Domain:     ORG
Name:       Internet - Organizational clients
Gateway:    SMTP@INTERBIT

Domain:     PT
Name:       National Scientific Computation Network (of Portugal)
Gateway:    MLNET@PTIFM

Domain:     SE
Name:       SUNET, Swedish University NETwork
Gateway:    MAILER@SEKTH

Domain:     SG
Name:       Singapore National Network
Gateway:    MAILER@NUSVM

Domain:     SUNET
Name:       Swedish University X.400 Network
Comments:   The gateways at CERNVAX and UWOCC1 are no longer supported
            due to the high cost of X.25 transfer over public data
            networks -- see domain SE

Domain:     UK
Name:       United Kingdom University/Research Network (Janet)
Gateway:    MAILER@UKACRL
Comments:   NRSname is basically a reversal of the domain address.
            Example: user@GK.RL.AC.UK becomes user%UK.AC.RL.GK@AC.UK

Domain:     UNINETT
Name:       Norwegian University pilot X.400 Network
Gateway:    MAILER@NORUNIX

Domain:     US
Name:       Internet - USA clients
Gateway:    SMTP@INTERBIT

Domain:     UTORONTO
Name:       University of Toronto local area Network
Gateway:    MAILER@UTORONTO

Domain:     UUCP
Name:       Unix Network
Gateways:   1) MAILER@PSUVAX1   (USA)
            2) MAILER@UWOCC1    (Canada)
            3) BSMTP@UNIDO      (Germany)
            4) MAILER@MCVAX     (Netherlands)
Alternate addressing: user%node.UUCP@HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU
                      user%node.UUCP@RUTGERS.EDU
Comments:   Only users in Germany are allowed to send to UNIDO.  All
            European users are recommended to use MCVAX.

Domain:     WUSTL
Name:       Washington University local area Network
Gateway:    GATEWAY@WUNET

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Bitnet - Internet Regional Gateways
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Below is a list of those sites that will handle regional traffic between
Bitnet and the Internet:

SMTP@CUNYVM
SMT@CORNELLC
MAILER@MITVMA
MAILER@ICNUCEVM - available only for Italian nodes

You should *ALWAYS* use the generic address of SMTP@INTERBIT and never any of
the addresses mentioned above.  The addresses stated above are for
informational and debugging purposes ONLY.  Failure to abide by this rule will
cause the owners of the gateway to close their service to all Bitnet and EARN
users.

Indirect Domains
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Domains that are unreachable directly, but that the Internet exit of Mailer
knows how to translate:

Domain:     DEC
Name:       Digital Equipment Internal Network (Easynet)
Gateway:    SMTP@INTERBIT
Sample:     user@domain.DEC
Translated to: user%node.DEC@DECWRL.DEC.COM

Domain:     OZ (soon to become OZ.AU)
Name:       Australian University Network
Gateway:    SMTP@INTERBIT
Sample:     user@node.OZ
Translated to: user%node.OZ@UUNET.UU.NET


Domains that are unreachable directly but that are accessible by specifying the
address explicitly:

Name:       Xerox Internal Use Only Network (Grapevine)
Sample:     user.Registry@Xerox.Com

Name:       IBM Internal Use Only Network (VNET)
Sample:     user@Vnet

Comments:   1) Mail must be sent directly to user and not via a 3rd party
               mailer (i.e. VM Mailer server)
            2) User within Vnet must first receive approval within IBM to
               establish a circuit and then initiate a virtual circuit.  A user
               within Bitnet may not establish communications with a VNET user,
               without the above requirement.
            3) This gateway is only open to selected nodes within IBM which
               have ties with academia (i.e. ACIS).
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