| ==Phrack Inc.== | |
| Volume Three, Issue Thirty-Three, File 3 of 13 | |
| ______________________________________________________________________________ | |
| A Hacker's Guide to the Internet | |
| By The Gatsby | |
| Version 2.00 / AXiS / July 7, 1991 | |
| ______________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 1 Index | |
| ~~~~~~~~~ | |
| Part: Title: | |
| ~~~~ ~~~~~ | |
| 1 Index | |
| 2 Introduction | |
| 3 Glossary, Acronyms, and Abbreviations | |
| 4 What is the Internet? | |
| 5 Where You Can Access The Internet | |
| 6 TAC | |
| 7 Basic Commands | |
| a TELNET command | |
| b ftp ANONYMOUS to a Remote Site | |
| c Basic How to tftp the Files | |
| d Basic Fingering | |
| 8 Networks | |
| 9 Internet Protocols | |
| 10 Host Names and Addresses | |
| 2 Introduction | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| The original release of this informative file was in an IRG newsletter, | |
| but it had some errors that I wanted to correct. I have also added more | |
| technical information. | |
| This file is intended for the newcomer to Internet and people (like | |
| me) who are not enrolled at a university with Internet access. It covers the | |
| basic commands, the use of Internet, and some tips for hacking through | |
| Internet. There is no MAGICAL way to hacking a UNIX system. If you have any | |
| questions, I can be reached on a number of boards. | |
| - The Crypt - - 619/457+1836 - - Call today - | |
| - Land of Karrus - - 215/948+2132 - | |
| - Insanity Lane - - 619/591+4974 - | |
| - Apocalypse NOW - - 2o6/838+6435 - <*> AXiS World HQ <*> | |
| Mail me on the Internet: gats@ryptyde.cts.com | |
| bbs.gatsby@spies.com | |
| The Gatsby | |
| *** Special Thanks go to Haywire (a/k/a Insanity: SysOp of Insanity Lane), | |
| Doctor Dissector, and all the members of AXiS. | |
| 3 Glossary, Acronyms, and Abbreviations | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| ACSE - Association Control Service Element, this is used with ISO to help | |
| manage associations. | |
| ARP - Address Resolution Protocol, this is used to translate IP protocol | |
| to Ethernet Address. | |
| ARPA - Defense Advanced Research Project Agency | |
| ARPANET - Defense Advanced Research Project Agency or ARPA. This is an | |
| experimental PSN which is still a sub network in the Internet. | |
| CCITT - International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee is a | |
| international committee that sets standard. I wish they would set | |
| a standard for the way they present their name! | |
| CERT - Computer Emergency Response Team, they are responsible for | |
| coordinating many security incident response efforts. They have | |
| real nice reports on "holes" in various UNIX strands, which you | |
| should get because they are very informative. | |
| CMIP - Common Management Information Protocol, this is a new HIGH level | |
| protocol. | |
| CLNP - Connection Less Network Protocol is OSI equivalent to Internet IP | |
| DARPA - Defence Advanced Research Project Agency. See ARPANET | |
| DDN - Defence Data Network | |
| driver - a program (or software) that communicates with the network itself, | |
| examples are TELNET, FTP, RLOGON, etc. | |
| ftp - File Transfer Protocol, this is used to copy files from one host | |
| to another. | |
| FQDN - Fully Qualified Domain Name, the complete hostname that reflects | |
| the domains of which the host is a part. | |
| Gateway - Computer that interconnects networks. | |
| Host - Computer that is connected to a PSN. | |
| Hostname - Name that officially identifies each computer attached | |
| internetwork. | |
| Internet - The specific IP-base internetwork. | |
| IP - Internet Protocol which is the standard that allows dissimilar | |
| host to connect. | |
| ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol is used for error messages for | |
| the TCP/IP. | |
| LAN - Local Area Network | |
| MAN - Metropolitan Area Network | |
| MILNET - DDN unclassified operational military network. | |
| NCP - Network Control Protocol, the official network protocol from 1970 | |
| until 1982. | |
| NIC - DDN Network Information Center | |
| NUA - Network User Address | |
| OSI - Open System Interconnection. An international standardization | |
| program facilitate to communications among computers of different | |
| makes and models. | |
| Protocol - The rules for communication between hosts, controlling the | |
| information by making it orderly. | |
| PSN - Packet Switched Network | |
| RFC - Request For Comments, is technical files about Internet protocols | |
| one can access these from anonymous ftp at NIC.DDN.MIL. | |
| ROSE - Remote Operations Service Element, this is a protocol that is used | |
| along with OSI applications. | |
| TAC - Terminal Access Controller; a computer that allow direct access to | |
| Internet. | |
| TCP - Transmission Control Protocol | |
| TELNET - Protocol for opening a transparent connection to a distant host. | |
| tftp - Trivial File Transfer Protocol, one way to transfer data from one | |
| host to another. | |
| UDP - User Datagram _Protocol | |
| Unix - This is copyrighted by AT&T, but I use it to cover all the | |
| look-alike Unix systems, which you will run into more often. | |
| UUCP - Unix-to-Unix Copy Program, this protocol allows UNIX file | |
| transfers. This uses phone lines using its own protocol, X.25 and | |
| TCP/IP. This protocol also exist for VMS and MS-DOS. | |
| uucp - uucp when in lower case refers to the UNIX command uucp. For | |
| more information on uucp read files by The Mentor in the Legion of | |
| Doom Technical Journals. | |
| WAN - Wide Area Network | |
| X.25 - CCITTs standard protocol that rules the interconnection of two | |
| hosts. | |
| In this file I have used several special charters to signify certain | |
| things. Here is the key; | |
| * - Buffed from UNIX itself. You will find this on the left side of the | |
| margin. This is normally "how to do" or just "examples" of what to do | |
| when using Internet. | |
| # - This means these are commands, or something that must be typed in. | |
| 4 What is the Internet? | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| To understand the Internet you must first know what it is. The Internet | |
| is a group of various networks, ARPANET (an experimental WAN) was the first. | |
| ARPANET started in 1969, this experimental PSN used Network Control Protocol | |
| (NCP). NCP was the official protocol from 1970 until 1982 of the Internet (at | |
| this time also known as DARPA Internet or ARPA Internet). In the early 80's | |
| DARPA developed the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol which is | |
| the official protocol today, but much more on this later. Due to this fact, | |
| in 1983 ARPANet split into two networks, MILNET and ARPANET (both are still | |
| part of the DDN). | |
| The expansion of Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN) | |
| helped make the Internet connecting 2,000+ networks strong. The networks | |
| include NSFNET, MILNET, NSN, ESnet and CSNET. Though the largest part of the | |
| Internet is in the United States, the Internet still connects the TCP/IP | |
| networks in Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada, and Mexico. | |
| 5 Where You Can Access Internet | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| Internet is most likely to be found on Local Area Networks or LANs and | |
| Wide Area networks or WANs. LANs are defined as networks permitting the | |
| interconnection and intercommunication of a group of computers, primarily for | |
| the sharing of resources such as data storage device and printers. LANs cover | |
| a short distance (less than a mile) and are almost always within a single | |
| building complex. WANs are networks which have been designed to carry data | |
| calls over long distances (many hundreds of miles). You can also access | |
| Internet through TymNet or Telenet via gateway. You'll have to find your own | |
| NUAs though. | |
| 6 TAC | |
| ~~~~~~~ | |
| TAC (terminal access controller) is another way to access Internet. This | |
| is just dial-up terminal to a terminal access controller. You will need to | |
| get a password and an account. TAC has direct access to MILNET. One example | |
| of a TAC dialup is (800)368-2217, but there are several out there to be found. | |
| In fact, CERT has a report circulating about people attempting to find these | |
| dialups through social engineering. | |
| If you want the TAC manual you can write a letter to: | |
| Defense Communications Agency | |
| Attn: Code BIAR | |
| Washington, DC 2o3o5-2ooo | |
| Be sure to write that you want the TAC User Guide, 310-p70-74. | |
| In order to logon, you will need a TAC Access Card. You would probably | |
| get it from the DDN NIC. Here is a sample logon: | |
| Use Control-Q for help... | |
| * | |
| * PVC-TAC 111: 01 \ TAC uses to this to identify itself | |
| * @ #o 124.32.5.82 \ Use ``O'' for open and the internet | |
| * / address which yea want to call. | |
| * | |
| * TAC Userid: #THE.GATSBY | |
| * Access Code: #10kgb0124 | |
| * Login OK | |
| * TCP trying...Open | |
| * | |
| * | |
| 7 Basic Commands | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| a: Basic TELNET Commands | |
| Situation: You have an account on a UNIX system that is a host on | |
| Internet. Now you can access the entire world! Once the UNIX system you | |
| should see a prompt, which can look like a '$' or '%' (it also depends on what | |
| shell you are in and the type of Unix system). At the prompt you can do all | |
| the normal UNIX commands, but when on a Internet host you can type 'telnet' | |
| which will bring you to the 'telnet' prompt. | |
| * | |
| * $ #telnet | |
| * ^ ^ | |
| | | | |
| | the command that will bring you to the telnet prompt | |
| | | |
| a normal UNIX prompt | |
| You should get this: | |
| * | |
| * telnet> | |
| * | |
| At this prompt you will have a whole different set of commands which are | |
| as follows (This comes from UCSD, so it may vary from place to place). | |
| * | |
| * telnet> #help | |
| * | |
| * close close current connection | |
| * display display operating parameters | |
| * open connect to a site | |
| * quit exit telnet | |
| * send transmit special character | |
| * set set operating parameters | |
| * status print status information | |
| * toggle toggle operating parameters | |
| * ? to see what you are looking at now | |
| * | |
| close - this command is used to 'close' a connection, when multitasking | |
| or jumping between systems. | |
| display - this set the display setting, commands for this are as follow. | |
| ^E echo. | |
| ^] escape. | |
| ^H erase. | |
| ^O flushoutput. | |
| ^C interrupt. | |
| ^U kill. | |
| ^\ quit. | |
| ^D eof. | |
| open - type 'open [host]' to connect to a system | |
| * | |
| * $ #telnet ucsd.edu | |
| * | |
| or | |
| * | |
| * telnet> #open 125.24.64.32.1 | |
| * | |
| quit - to get out of telnet and back to UNIX | |
| send - send files | |
| set - set | |
| echo - character to toggle local echoing on/off | |
| escape - character to escape back to telnet command mode | |
| The following need 'localchars' to be toggled: | |
| erase - character to cause an Erase Character | |
| flushoutput - character to cause an Abort Output | |
| interrupt - character to cause an Interrupt Process | |
| kill - character to cause an Erase Line | |
| quit - character to cause a Break | |
| eof - character to cause an EOF | |
| ? - display help information | |
| b: ftp ANONYMOUS to a remote site | |
| ftp or file transfer protocol is used to copy files from a remote host to | |
| the one that you are on. You can copy anything. Security has really clamped | |
| down on the passwd file, but it will still work here and there (always worth a | |
| shot). | |
| This could be useful when you see a Internet CuD (Computer Underground | |
| Digest) site that accepts a anonymous ftps, and you want to read the CuDs, but | |
| do not feel like wasting your time on boards downloading them. The best way | |
| to start out is to ftp a directory to see what you are getting. | |
| Example: The CuD archive site has an Internet address of 192.55.239.132 | |
| and my account name is "gats". | |
| * | |
| * $ #ftp | |
| * ^ ^ | |
| | | | |
| | ftp command | |
| | | |
| UNIX prompt | |
| * | |
| * ftp> #open 192.55.239.132 | |
| * Connected to 192.55.239.132 | |
| * 220 192.55.239.132 FTP Server (sometimes the date, etc) | |
| * Name (192.55.239.132:gats): #anonymous | |
| * ^ ^ ^ | |
| | | | | |
| | | This is where you type 'anonymous' unless | |
| | | you have a account on 192.55.239.132. | |
| | | | |
| | This is the name of my account or [from] | |
| | | |
| This is the Internet address or [to] | |
| * | |
| * Password: #gats | |
| * ^ | |
| | | |
| For this just type your username or anything you feel like typing | |
| in at that time. It doesn't matter. | |
| * | |
| * % ftp 192.55.239.132 | |
| * Connected to 192.55.239.132 | |
| * ftp> #ls | |
| * ^ | |
| | | |
| You are connected now, thus you can ls it. | |
| Just move around like you would in a normal unix system. Most of the | |
| commands still apply on this connection. Here is a example of me getting a | |
| copy of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Effector (issue 1.04) from | |
| Internet address 192.55.239.132. | |
| * | |
| * % #ftp | |
| * ftp> #open 128.135.12.60 | |
| * Trying 128.135.12.60... | |
| * 220 chsun1 FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready. | |
| * Name (128.135.12.60:gatsby): anonymous | |
| * 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. | |
| * Password: #gatsby | |
| * 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. | |
| * ftp> #ls | |
| * 200 PORT command successful. | |
| * 150 ASCII data connection for /bin/ls (132.239.13.10,4781) * (0 bytes). | |
| * .hushlogin | |
| * bin | |
| * dev | |
| * etc | |
| * pub | |
| * usr | |
| * README | |
| * 226 ASCII Transfer complete. | |
| * 37 bytes received in 0.038 seconds (0.96 Kbytes/s) | |
| * ftp> | |
| _________________________________________________________________________ | |
| | | |
| | This is where you can try to 'cd' the "etc" dir or just 'get' | |
| | /etc/passwd, but grabbing the passwd file this way is a dieing art. | |
| |_________________________________________________________________________ | |
| * ftp> #cd pub | |
| * 200 PORT command successful. | |
| * ftp> #ls | |
| * ceremony | |
| * cud | |
| * dos | |
| * eff | |
| * incoming | |
| * united | |
| * unix | |
| * vax | |
| * 226 ASCII Transfer cmplete. | |
| * 62 bytes received in 1.1 seconds (0.054 Kbytes/s) | |
| * ftp> #cd eff | |
| * 250 CWD command successful. | |
| * ftp> #ls | |
| * 200 PORT command successful. | |
| * 150 ASCII data connection for /bin/ls (132.239.13.10,4805) (0 bytes). | |
| * Index | |
| * eff.brief | |
| * eff.info | |
| * eff.paper | |
| * eff1.00 | |
| * eff1.01 | |
| * eff1.02 | |
| * eff1.03 | |
| * eff1.04 | |
| * eff1.05 | |
| * realtime.1 | |
| * 226 ASCII Transfer complete. | |
| * 105 bytes received in 1.8 seconds (0.057 Kbytes/s) | |
| * ftp> #get | |
| * (remote-file) #eff1.04 | |
| * (local-file) #eff1.04 | |
| * 200 PORT command successful. | |
| * 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for eff1.04 (909 bytes). | |
| * 226 Transfer complete. | |
| * local: eff1.04 remote: eff1.04 | |
| * 931 bytes received in 2.2 seconds (0.42 Kbytes/s) | |
| * ftp> #close | |
| * Bye... | |
| * ftp> #quit | |
| * % | |
| * | |
| To read the file you can just 'get' the file and buffer it. If the files | |
| are just too long, you can 'xmodem' it off the host you are on. Just type | |
| 'xmodem' and that will make it much faster to get the files. Here is the set | |
| up (as found on ocf.berkeley.edu). | |
| If you want to: type: | |
| send a text file from an apple computer to the ME xmodem ra <filename> | |
| send a text file from a non-apple home computer xmodem rt <filename> | |
| send a non-text file from a home computer xmodem rb <filename> | |
| send a text file to an apple computer from the ME xmodem sa <filename> | |
| send a text file to a non-apple home computer xmodem st <filename> | |
| send a non-text file to a home computer xmodem sb <filename> | |
| xmodem will then display: | |
| * | |
| * XMODEM Version 3.6 -- UNIX-Microcomputer Remote File Transfer Facility | |
| * File filename Ready to (SEND/BATCH RECEIVE) in (binary/text/apple) mode | |
| * Estimated File Size (file size) | |
| * Estimated transmission time (time) | |
| * Send several Control-X characters to cancel | |
| * | |
| Hints- File transfer can be an iffy endeavor; one thing that can help is to | |
| tell the annex box not to use flow control. Before you do rlogin, type | |
| stty oflow none | |
| stty iflow none | |
| at the annex prompt. This works best coming through 2-6092. | |
| Some special commands used during ftp session are cdup (same as cd ..) and | |
| dir (gives a detailed listing of the files). | |
| c: How to tftp the Files | |
| tftp (Trivial File Transfer Protocol, the command is NOT in caps, because | |
| UNIX is case sensitive) is a command used to transfer files from host to host. | |
| This command is used sometimes like ftp, in that you can move around using | |
| UNIX commands. I will not go into this part of the command, but I will go | |
| into the basic format, and structure to get files you want. Moreover, I will | |
| be covering how to flip the /etc/passwd out of remote sites. | |
| There is a little trick that has been around a while. It helps you to | |
| "flip" the /etc/passwd file out of different sites, which gets you the passwd | |
| file without out breaking into the system. Then just run Brute Hacker (the | |
| latest version) on the thing and you save time and energy. This 'hole' (not | |
| referring to the method of obtaining Unix superuser status) may can be found | |
| on SunOS 3.X, but has been fixed in 4.0. It has sometimes appeared in | |
| System V, BSD and a few others. | |
| The only problem with this 'hole' is that the system manager will often | |
| realize what you are doing. The problem occurs when attempts to tftp the | |
| /etc/passwd is happen too many times. You may see this (or something like | |
| this) when you logon on to your account. This was buffered off of | |
| plague.berkeley.edu. I guess they knew what I was doing. | |
| * | |
| * DomainOS Release 10.3 (bsd4.3) Apollo DN3500 (host name): | |
| * This account has been deactivated due to use in system cracking | |
| * activities (specifically attempting to tftp /etc/passwd files from remote | |
| * sites) and for having been used or broken in to from <where the calls are | |
| * from>. If the legitimate owner of the account wishes it reactivated, | |
| * please mail to the staff for more information. | |
| * | |
| * - Staff | |
| * | |
| The tftp is used in this format: | |
| tftp -<command> <any name> <Internet Address> /etc/passwd <netascii> | |
| Command -g is to get the file, this will copy the file onto | |
| your 'home' directory, thus you can do anything with | |
| the file. | |
| Any Name If your going to copy it to your 'home' directory, it needs a | |
| name. | |
| Internet This is the address that you want to snag the passwd file from. | |
| Address There are hundreds of thousands of them. | |
| /ETC/PASSWD THIS IS THE FILE THAT YOU WANT. You do not want John Smith's | |
| even though it would be trivial to retreive it. | |
| netascii This how you want the file to be transferred. | |
| & Welcome to the power of UNIX, it is multitasking, this little | |
| symbol place at the end will allow you to do other things (such | |
| as grab the passwd file from the UNIX that you are on). | |
| Here is the set up: We want to get the passwd file from | |
| sunshine.ucsd.edu. The file in your 'home' directory is going to be named | |
| 'asunshine'. | |
| * | |
| * $ #tftp -g asunshine sunshine.ucsd.edu /etc/passwd & | |
| * | |
| d Basic Fingering | |
| Fingering is a real good way to get an account on remote sites. Typing | |
| 'who' or just 'finger <account name> <CR>' you can have names to "finger". | |
| This will give you all kinds information on the person's account. Here is a | |
| example of how to do it: | |
| * | |
| * % #who | |
| * joeo ttyp0 Jun 10 21:50 (bmdlib.csm.edu) | |
| * gatsby ttyp1 Jun 10 22:25 (foobar.plague.mil) | |
| * ddc crp00 Jun 10 11:57 (aogpat.cs.pitt.edu) | |
| * liliya display Jun 10 19:40 | |
| /and fingering what you see | |
| * % #finger bbc | |
| * Login name: ddc In real life: David Douglas Cornwall | |
| * Office: David C. Co | |
| * Directory: //aogpat/users_local/bdc Shell: /bin/csh | |
| * On since Jun 10 11:57:46 on crp00 from aogpat Phone 555-1212 | |
| * 52 minutes Idle Time | |
| * Plan: I like to eat apples and bananas. | |
| * % | |
| * | |
| Now you could just call (or Telnet to) 'aogpat.cs.pit.edu' and try to | |
| hack out an account. Try the last name as the password, the first name, the | |
| middle name, and try them all backwards. The chances are real good that you | |
| WILL get in because people are stupid. | |
| If there are no users online for you to type "who" you can just type | |
| "last" and all of the users who logged on will come rolling out. Now "finger" | |
| them. The only problem with using the "last" command is aborting it. | |
| You can also try telephoning individual users and tell them you are the | |
| system manager (i.e. social engineer them). However, I have not always seen | |
| phone numbers in everyone's ".plan" file (the file you see when you finger the | |
| user). | |
| 8 Other Networks | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| AARNet - Australian Academic and Research Network. This network supports | |
| research for various Australian Universities. This network | |
| supports TCP/IP, DECnet, and OSI (CLNS). | |
| ARPANET - We've already discussed this network. | |
| BITNET - Because It's Time NETwork (BITNET) is a worldwide network that | |
| connects many colleges and universities. This network uses many | |
| different protocols, but it dose use the TCP/IP. | |
| CREN CSNET - Corporation for Research and Educational Network (CREN) or | |
| Computer + Science research NETwork (CSNET). This network links | |
| scientists at sites all over the world. CSNET providing access | |
| to the Internet, CREN to BITNET. CREN is the name more often | |
| used today. | |
| CSUNET - California State University Network (CSUNET). This network | |
| connects the California State University campuses and other | |
| universities in California. This network is based on the CCITT | |
| X.25 protocol, and also uses TCP/IP, SNA/DSLC, DECnet, and | |
| others. | |
| The Cypress Net - This network started as a experimental network. The use of | |
| this network today is as a connection to the TCP/IP Internet | |
| as a cheap price. | |
| DRI - Defense Research Internet is a WAN that is used as a platform | |
| from which to work from. This network has all kind of services, | |
| such as multicast service, real-time conference and more. This | |
| network uses the TCP/IP (also see RFC 907-A for more information | |
| on this network). | |
| ESnet - This is the new network operated by the Department of Energy's | |
| Office of Energy Research (DoE OER). This net is the backbone | |
| for all DoE OER programs. This network replaced the High Energy | |
| Physics DECnet (HEPnet) and also the Magnetic Fusion Energy | |
| network (MFEnet). The protocols offered are IP/TCP and also | |
| DECnet service. | |
| JANET - JANET is a Joint Academic NETwork based in the UK, connected to | |
| the Internet. JANET is a PSN (information has pass through a | |
| PAD) using the protocol X.25 though it does support the TCP/IP. | |
| This network also connects PSS (Packet Switched Service is a PSN | |
| that is owned and operated by British telecom). | |
| JUNET - Japan's university message system using UUCP, the Internet as its | |
| backbone, and X.25 (see RFC 877). This network is also a part of | |
| USENET (this is the network news). | |
| Los Nettos - Los Nettos is a high speed MAN in the Los Angeles area. This | |
| network uses the IP/TCP. | |
| MILNET - When ARPANET split, the DDN was created and MILNET (MILitary | |
| NETwork) is also a part of the network. MILNET is unclassified, | |
| but there are three other classified networks that make up the | |
| DDN. | |
| NORDUNet - This net is the backbone to the networks in the Nordic Countries, | |
| Denmark (DENet), Finland (FUNET), Iceland (SURIS), Norway | |
| (UNINETT), and Sweden (SUNET). NORDUnet supports TCP/IP, DECNet, | |
| and X.25. | |
| NSN - NASA Science Network (NSN). This network is used by NASA to send | |
| and relay information. The protocols used are TCP/IP. NSN has a | |
| sister network called Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN) for | |
| DECNet. | |
| ONet - Ontario Network is a TCP/IP network used for research. | |
| NSFNet - National Science Foundation Network, this network is in the | |
| IP/TCP family, but in any case it uses UDP (User Diagram | |
| Protocol) and not TCP. NSFnet is the network for the US | |
| scientific and engineering research community. Listed below are | |
| all the NSFNet Sub-networks: | |
| BARRNet - Bay Area Regional Research Network is located in the San | |
| Francisco area. This network uses TCP/IP. | |
| CERFnet - California Education and Research Federation Network is | |
| a research based network supporting Southern California | |
| Universities communication services. This network uses | |
| TCP/IP. | |
| CICNet - Committee on Institutional Cooperation. This network | |
| services the BIG 10, and University of Chicago. This | |
| network uses TCP/IP. | |
| JvNCnet - John von Neumann National Supercomputer Center. This | |
| network uses TCP/IP. | |
| Merit - Merit connects Michigan's academic and research | |
| computers. This network supports TCP/IP, X.25 and | |
| Ethernet for LANs. | |
| MIDnet - MIDnet connects 18 universities and research centers in | |
| the midwest United States. The support protocols are | |
| TELNET, FTP and SMTP. | |
| MRNet - Minnesota Regional Network, this network services | |
| Minnesota. The network protocols are TCP/IP. | |
| NEARnet - New England Academic and Research Network, connects | |
| various research/educational institutions. You | |
| can get more information about this net by mailing | |
| 'nearnet-staff@bbn.com'. | |
| NCSAnet - The National Center for Supercomputing Applications | |
| supports the whole IP family (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc). | |
| NWNet - North West Network provides service to the Northwestern | |
| United States and Alaska. This network supports IP and | |
| DECnet. | |
| NYSERNet - New York Service Network is a autonomous nonprofit | |
| network. This network supports the TCP/IP. | |
| OARnet - Ohio Academic Resources Network gives access to the | |
| Ohio Supercomputer Center. This network supports TCP/IP. | |
| PREPnet - Pennsylvania Research and Economic Partnership is a | |
| network operated and managed by Bell of Pennsylvania. It | |
| supports TCP/IP. | |
| PSCNET - Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center serving Pennsylvania, | |
| Maryland, and Ohio. It supports TCP/IP, and DECnet. | |
| SDSCnet - San Diego Super Computer Center is a network whose goal | |
| is to support research in the field of science. The | |
| Internet address is 'y1.ucsc.edu' or call Bob at | |
| (619)534-5060 and ask for a account on his Cray. | |
| Sesquinet - Sesquinet is a network based in Texas. It supports | |
| TCP/IP. | |
| SURAnet - Southeastern Universities Research Association Network | |
| is a network that connects institutions in the Southeast | |
| United States. | |
| THEnet - Texas Higher Education Network is a network that is run | |
| by Texas A&M University. This network connects to hosts | |
| in Mexico. | |
| USAN/NCAR - University SAtellite Network (USAN)/National Center for | |
| Atmospheric Research is a network for information | |
| exchange. | |
| Westnet - Westnet connects the western part of the United States, | |
| but not including California. The network is supported | |
| by Colorado State University. | |
| USENET - USENET is the network news (the message base for the Internet). | |
| This message base is quite large with over 400 different topics | |
| and connecting to 17 different countries. | |
| 9 Internet Protocols | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| TCP/IP is a general term relating to the whole family of Internet | |
| protocols. The protocols in this family are IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, ROSE, ACSE, | |
| CMIP, ISO, ARP and Ethernet for LANs. If if you want more information, get | |
| the RFCs. | |
| TCP/IP protocol is a "layered" set of protocols. In this diagram taken | |
| from RFC 1180 you will see how the protocol is layered when connection is | |
| made. | |
| Figure is of a Basic TCP/IP Network Node: | |
| ----------------------------------- | |
| | Network Application | | |
| | | | |
| | ... \ | / .. \ | / ... | | |
| | ------- ------- | | |
| | | TCP | | UDP | | | |
| | ------- ------- | | |
| | \ / | % Key % | |
| | ------- --------- | ~~~~~~~ | |
| | | ARP | | IP | | UDP User Diagram Protocol | |
| | ------- ------*-- | TCP Transfer Control Protocol | |
| | \ | | IP Internet Protocol | |
| | \ | | ENET Ethernet | |
| | ------------- | ARP Address Resolution | |
| | | ENET | | Protocol | |
| | -------@----- | O Transceiver | |
| | | | @ Ethernet Address | |
| -------------- | ------------------ * IP address | |
| | | |
| ========================O================================================= | |
| ^ | |
| | | |
| Ethernet Cable | |
| TCP/IP: If connection is made is between the IP module and the TCP module the | |
| packets are called a TCP datagram. TCP is responsible for making | |
| sure that the commands get through the other end. It keeps track of | |
| what is sent, and retransmits anything that does not go through. The | |
| IP provides the basic service of getting TCP datagram from place to | |
| place. It may seem like the TCP is doing all the work, this is true | |
| in small networks, but when connection is made to a remote host on | |
| the Internet (passing through several networks) this is a complex | |
| job. Say I am connected from a server at UCSD to LSU (SURAnet) the | |
| data grams have to pass through a NSFnet backbone. The IP has to | |
| keep track of all the data when the switch is made at the NSFnet | |
| backbone from the TCP to the UDP. The only NSFnet backbone that | |
| connects LSU is the University of Maryland, which has different | |
| circuit sets. The cable (trunk)/circuit types are the T1 (a basic | |
| 24-channel 1.544 Md/s pulse code modulation used in the US) to a | |
| 56 Kbps. Keeping track of all the data from the switch from T1 to | |
| 56Kbs and TCP to UDP is not all it has to deal with. Datagrams on | |
| their way to the NSFnet backbone (at the University of Maryland) may | |
| take many different paths from the UCSD server. | |
| All the TCP does is break up the data into datagrams (manageable | |
| chunks), and keeps track of the datagrams. The TCP keeps track of | |
| the datagrams by placing a header at the front of each datagram. The | |
| header contains 160 (20 octets) pieces of information about the | |
| datagram. Some of this information is the FQDN (Fully Qualified | |
| Domain Name). The datagrams are numbers in octets (a group of eight | |
| binary digits, say there are 500 octets of data, the numbering of the | |
| datagrams would be 0, next datagram 500, next datagram 1000, 1500 | |
| etc. | |
| UDP/IP: UDP is one of the two main protocols of the IP. In other words the | |
| UDP works the same as TCP, it places a header on the data you send, | |
| and passes it over to the IP for transportation throughout the | |
| Internet. The difference is that it offers service to the user's | |
| network application. It does not maintain an end-to-end connection, | |
| it just pushes the datagrams out. | |
| ICMP: ICMP is used for relaying error messages. For example you might try to | |
| connect to a system and get a message back saying "Host unreachable", | |
| this is ICMP in action. This protocol is universal within the | |
| Internet, because of its nature. This protocol does not use port | |
| numbers in it's headers, since it talks to the network software itself. | |
| Ethernet: Most of the networks use Ethernet. Ethernet is just a party line. | |
| When packets are sent out on the Ethernet, every host on the | |
| Ethernet sees them. To make sure the packets get to the right | |
| place, the Ethernet designers wanted to make sure that each address | |
| is different. For this reason 48 bits are allocated for the | |
| Ethernet address, and a built in Ethernet address on the Ethernet | |
| controller. | |
| The Ethernet packets have a 14-octet header, this includes address | |
| "to" and "from." The Ethernet is not too secure, it is possible to | |
| have the packets go to two places, thus someone can see just what | |
| you are doing. You need to take note that the Ethernet is not | |
| connected to the Internet. A host on both the Ethernet and on the | |
| Internet has to have both an Ethernet connection and an Internet | |
| server. | |
| ARP: ARP translates the IP address into an Ethernet address. A conversion | |
| table is used (the table is called ARP Table) to convert the addresses. | |
| Therefore, you would never even know if you were connected to the | |
| Ethernet because you would be connecting to the IP address. | |
| The following is a real sketchy description of a few Internet protocols, | |
| but if you would like to get more information you can access it via | |
| anonymous ftp from several hosts. Here is a list of RFCs that deal with | |
| the topic of protocols. | |
| |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | |
| | RFC: | Description: | | |
| | | | | |
| |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | |
| | rfc1011 | Official Protocols of the Internet | | |
| | rfc1009 | NSFnet gateway specifications | | |
| | rfc1001/2 | netBIOS: networking for PC's | | |
| | rfc894 | IP on Ethernet | | |
| | rfc854/5 | telnet - protocols for remote logins | | |
| | rfc793 | TCP | | |
| | rfc792 | ICMP | | |
| | rfc791 | IP | | |
| | rfc768 | UDP | | |
| | | | | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| 10 Host Name and Address | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| Internet addresses are long and difficult hard to remember (i.e., | |
| 128.128.57.83) so we use host names. All hosts registered on the Internet | |
| must have names that reflect them domains under which they are registered. | |
| Such names are called Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs). Lets dissect a | |
| name and see the domains: | |
| lilac.berkeley.edu | |
| ^ ^ ^ | |
| | | | | |
| | | |____ "edu" shows that this host is sponsored by an | |
| | | education related organization. This is a top-level | |
| | | domain. | |
| | | | |
| | |___________ "berkeley" is the second-level domain. This shows | |
| | that it is an organization within University of | |
| | Calironia at Berkeley. | |
| | | |
| |__________________ "lilac" is the third-level domain. This indicates the | |
| local host name is 'lilac'. | |
| Common Top-Level Domains | |
| COM - commercial enterprise | |
| EDU - educational institutions | |
| GOV - nonmilitary government agencies | |
| MIL - military (non-classified) | |
| NET - networking entities | |
| ORG - nonprofit intuitions | |
| A network address is the numerical address of a host, gateway, or TAC. | |
| The addresses are made up of four decimal numbered slots, which are separated | |
| by a period. | |
| There are three classes that are used most, these are Class A, Class B, | |
| and Class C. | |
| Class A - from '0' to '127' | |
| Class B - from '128' to '191' | |
| Class C - from '192' to '223' | |
| Class A - Is for MILNET net hosts. The first part of the address has the | |
| network number. The second is for the physical PSN port number. | |
| The third is for the logical port number, since it is on MILNET, | |
| it is a MILNET host. The fourth part is for which PSN it is on. | |
| On 29.34.0.9. '29' is the network it is on. '34' means it is on | |
| port '34'. '9' is the PSN number. | |
| Class B - This is for the Internet hosts, the first two "clumps" are for the | |
| network portion. The second two are for the local port. | |
| 128.28.82.1 | |
| \_/ \_/ | |
| | |_____ Local portion of the address | |
| | | |
| |___________ Potation address. | |
| Class C - The first three "clumps" are the network portion and the last one | |
| is the local port. | |
| 193.43.91.1 | |
| \_|_/ |_____ Local Portation Address | |
| | | |
| |__________ Network Portation Address | |
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