UNINETT - The Norwegian Academic and Research Network


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
               UNINETT secretariat
               SINTEF Delab
               N-7034 Trondheim, Norway

            _E_m_a_i_l: sekr@uninett.no
               C=no;P=uninett;O=uninett;S=sekr

            _P_h_o_n_e: +47 7 592980
               FAX: +47 7 532586


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            UNINETT is the Norwegian academic and research data network.
            Its  purpose is to support research and education and colla-
            borative work in and among academic and non-profit  research
            organizations in Norway by providing access to computer net-
            works and network resources. As the Norwegian branch of  the
            Internet,  EARN/BITNET,  the  European  academic DECnet, and
            OSInet/IXI, UNINETT offers a variety of services  connecting
            the  Norwegian  academic society to the rest of the academic
            world.

            Electronic mail, file transfer, terminal  access,  directory
            services,  USENET  Network  News  and the Gopher information
            service are among the services available on the UNINETT net-
            work.

            By March 1993, about 170 academic and research organizations
            are  connected  to the UNINETT backbone, giving national and
            international connection to some 19700 IP hosts, a few  hun-
            dred DECnet hosts and X.400 MTAs, and 3 EARN/BITNET nodes.

            UNINETT is a member of  NORDUnet,  which  is  a  cooperative
            effort  of  the academic networks in all of the Nordic coun-
            tries and is connected internationally through the  NORDUnet
            network.

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            The information in this section is provided  in  accor-
            dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
            of this guide.




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            The UNINETT activity is funded by The Norwegian Ministry  of
            Education,  Research and Church Affairs; the day-to-day work
            is organized by a secretariat sited at SINTEF  Delab,  Tron-
            dheim.

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

            UNINETT can be reached from the Internet, DECnet and the IXI
            and  Public  X.25 network. UNINETT has mail gateways between
            OSInet X.400, Internet, UUCP, DECNet  and  EARN/BITNET  mail
            networks.  We also have mail connectivity with the Norwegian
            PTTs public X.400 network.

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _U_N_I_N_E_T_T

            UNINETT  is  a  non-commercial  network  for  academic   and
            research  traffic  only.  However,  some  25 commercial (and
            governmental) organizations have gained access to  the  net-
            work,  under  restrictions that do not allow them to use the
            network for commercial purposes.

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s

            The UNINETT newsletter  UNINyTT  (in  Norwegian)  is  issued
            quarterly.

            UNINETTINFO is the UNINETT information server.  This  server
            is reached by:

               o+  E-mail to the address: info@uninett.no
                  Try the command Help first.

               o+  Anonymous FTP to aun.uninett.no or 129.241.1.99

               o+  Gopher - to gopher.uninett.no, port 8300

            All information prepared by UNINETT is in Norwegian.

            The  central   UNINETT   Gopher   server   for   Norway   is
            gopher.uninett.no, port 70.

            _R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s

            Documents in the UNINETTINFO server - in directory UNINETT.







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