BKINTCON.RVW 940105 Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Kelly Ford, Promotion/Publicity Coordinator Heather Rignanesi, Marketing, x340, 73171.657@Compuserve.com P.O. Box 520 26 Prince Andrew Place Don Mills, Ontario M3C 2T8 416-447-5101 fax: 416-443-0948 or Tiffany Moore, Publicity tiffanym@aw.com Bob Donegon bobd@aw.com John Wait, Editor, Corporate and Professional Publishing johnw@aw.com Tom Stone, Editor, Higher Education Division tomsto@aw.com 1 Jacob Way Reading, MA 01867-9984 800-822-6339 617-944-3700 Fax: (617) 944-7273 5851 Guion Road Indianapolis, IN 46254 800-447-2226 "The Internet Connection: System Connectivity and Configuration", Carl-Mitchell/Quarterman, 0-201-54237-4 tic@tic.com smoot@tic.com jsq@tic.com The number of Internet hosts is doubling every year, and has been each year since 1986. That means that, during 1994, between two and three million new Internet sites should hook up. Addison-Wesley and the authors should make out like bandits on this one. This is a cookbook level set of directions for getting connected to the Internet. For those hackers unfamiliar with cooking, cookbooks assume that you are familiar with a lot of basic stuff and don't include it. Quarterman and Carl-Mitchell are a bit kinder; while they don't give all the materials, they do tell you where to go to find them. I suppose this book is more of a road map: it'll get you there, but you may have to do some scouting at various points. The book gives an overview of network functions and features, and discusses types of access. You are given contacts for registering your site, and, in an appendix, a brief listing of contacts for getting access. There are technical guidelines for setting up IP, domain name systems, electronic mail, Usenet news and search tools, as well as a discussion of security issues. The Internet Providers list is a good start, but be sure to ask around locally. The Canadian listing put BCnet in Alberta and SASKnet in Quebec. The sole provider given in the list for BC is the Victoria Freenet, and, while it is a first rate system, they would be the first to direct you to other sites for full access. The software list, too, is quite limited. It seems to assume a UNIX host and ignores other systems. Yes, this is from a UNIX series, but they did, in fact, promise software for MS-DOS and the Mac. I assume the brief mentions of Eudora and KA9Q were meant to fulfill this obligation. Nonetheless, if you are setting up an Internet site and need assistance, this is your first stop. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994 BKINTCON.RVW 940105