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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:58:20 -0700
From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951208211122.28808O-100000@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu> (message from John Fieber on Fri, 8 Dec 1995 21:14:12 -0500 (EST))
Subject: Re: Time to do more writing
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>>>>> "John" == John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> writes:

    John> On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Sean Kelly wrote:
    >> It looks like the FreeBSD Handbook's part on Network
    >> Communication's chapter on Basic Networking's section on
    >> Hardwired Terminals in unwritten and unclaimed.

    John> The organization is a total mess.  I've got a few pieces
    John> pieces that were submitted some time ago that should go in,
    John> but the organization needs to be ironed out first.

    John> If you have a good plan, post an outline here!

Here's an outline, but I have no idea if it's good:

PART x: NETWORKING

  Network terminology

  Setting up your hosts
     Standalone systems
     Hostnames, domain names, IP addresses
     ISPs and NAPs
     The NIC
     Attached versus detached networks
     Planning for the future

  Configuring network hardware and software
     Ethernet adapters
     Synchronous adapters
     Parallel ports for PLIP
     Serial ports
        Terminals
        Modems for dial-in users
        PPP
        SLIP
        UUCP
     ISDN
     ATM
     Loopback devices
     Assigning addresses
     Routing
     Testing your setup

  Installing network services
     Hostname/address translation
        Configuring the resolver: /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/host.conf
        Configuring DNS
           Becoming a primary DNS server
           Secondary servers
           Caching servers
     Administrating inetd
     Setting up an FTP server
        Authenticated service
        Anonymous service
     Setting up an HTTP server
        Public domain servers
        Commercial servers
        CGI
     Setting up email services
        Mail client programs
        Sendmail
        biff
     Exporting filesystems with NFS
     Providing logins
        Via the network
        Via hardwired terminals
        Dial-up connections
     Providing access to printers
     Providing access to tape drives
     Synchronizing systems' times: xntp
     Becoming a PPP server
     Becoming a SLIP server
     RPC and the portmapper

  Advanced Network Services
     Custom services
        /etc/inetd
        /etc/services
        /etc/rpc and the RPC portmapper
     Network security
        Kerberos
        Secure RPC and Secure NFS
     Serving diskless clients and X terminals
        Client setup
        Server setup
           TFTP
           BOOTP
           rarpd
     Routing and bridging
     USENET

  Using the network
     Exploring the World Wide Web
     Sending and receiving email
        Email addresses
        Mailer programs
        Metamail standards
     Reading network news
     Transferring files
        FTP
        rcp
        NFS
     Getting user information
        finger
        rwho
        rusers
     Logging into remote hosts
        telnet
        rlogin
        Dial-up services
     Executing remote commands
        rsh and rexec
        Using rpcgen and RPC

   Programming Internet applications