SRI-NIC services moving

[Richard Schmalgemeier]

Some of you may have already seen this (many times), but for those
who haven't, the attached announces the move of the services 
currently supplied by SRI-NIC.  Among other things, note that the
IP number of NIC.DDN.MIL is changing, so anyone who has this IP
hardcoded will need to make a change in that address.
 
   - Rick Schmalgemeier -- Merit/MichNet
 
 

 From: NIC@NIC.DDN.MIL (DDN Reference)
 Newsgroups: ddn.mgt-bulletin
 Subject: DDN Management Bulletin 84
 Date: 4 Sep 91 20:28:18 GMT
 Distribution: ddn
 Organization: The Defense Data Network
 
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 DDN MGT Bulletin 84              DCA DDN Defense Communications System 
 4 Sept 91                        Published by: DDN Network Info Center
                                      (NIC@NIC.DDN.MIL)  (800) 235-3155
 
 
                         DEFENSE  DATA  NETWORK
 
                          MANAGEMENT  BULLETIN
 
 The DDN MANAGEMENT BULLETIN is distributed online by the DDN Network
 Information Center under DCA contract as a means of communicating
 official policy, procedures and other information of concern to
 management personnel at DDN facilities.  Back issues may be read
 through the TACNEWS server ("@n" command at the TAC) or may be
 obtained by FTP (or Kermit) from the NIC.DDN.MIL host [192.67.67.20]
 using login="anonymous" and password="guest".  The pathname
 for bulletins is DDN-NEWS:DDN-MGT-BULLETIN-nn.TXT (where "nn" is the
 bulletin number).
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                        TRANSITION OF NIC SERVICES
 
 
 The transition of the Network Information Center from SRI
 International in Menlo Park, CA, to Government Systems Inc. in
 Chantilly, VA, is officially scheduled for 1 October 1991.  This
 includes the transition of services currently offered to DDN and
 Internet users by SRI, such as network/user registration, on-line
 information services, and Help Desk operations.  SRI will continue to
 provide all NIC services, to include responding to all user calls and
 requests, until 30 September 1991.
 
 
 DISA and GSI will make every effort to ensure a smooth and timely
 transition of NIC services from SRI.  Network users should be
 minimally impacted.  With a few minor exceptions, all on-line services
 currently offered by SRI will appear the same to the user when a
 connection is established to the new (GSI) NIC host.  These exceptions
 are due to the change from the TOPS20 operating system to the SunOS
 operating system.  The new NIC host is a Sun 470 SPARCserver running
 SunOS 4.1.  All users on the DDN and the Internet should carefully
 note the following changes:
 
 U.S. Postal Address:      Government Systems, Inc.
                           Attn: Network Information Center
                           14200 Park Meadow Drive
                           Suite 200
                           Chantilly, VA  22021
 
 Help Desk Telephone Numbers:
 
                           1-800-365-3642 (1-800-365-DNIC)
                           1-703-802-4535
 
 Help Desk Hours of Operation:
 
                           7:00 am to 7:00 pm Eastern Standard Time
 
 
 Fax Number:               1-703-802-8376
 
 Network Address:          192.112.36.5 (NIC.DDN.MIL)
 
 Root Domain Server:       192.112.36.4 (NS.NIC.DDN.MIL)
 
 During the period of 26 to 30 September 1991 the ID (WHOIS) database
 will not be changed.  All registration actions for this five day
 period will be suspended.  This action is necessary in order to
 transfer the master database to GSI.  Starting 26 September 1991, all
 U.S. mail and fax requests should be addressed to the GSI address and
 fax number shown above.  All electronic mail requests should continue
 to be directed to the "HOSTMASTER" and "REGISTRAR" mailboxes at
 NIC.DDN.MIL.  As appropriate, SRI will redirect electronic mail to
 GSI.  On 1 October 1991 all registration activities will resume to
 include the normal generation of DDN TAC access cards.
 Currently-valid TAC access cards will remain valid until the normal
 expiration date.
 
 IMPORTANT!  Hosts not using the domain naming system should edit their
 host tables prior to 1 October 1991 to reflect the change in GSI's
 domain name DIIS.DDN.MIL (192.112.36.5) to NIC.DDN.MIL and delete the
 current NIC.DDN.MIL (192.67.67.20) from their tables.  The GSI IP
 address, 192.112.36.5, will not change and may be used in lieu of the
 domain name.  GSI will re-generate all informational and network
 tables (i.e., host tables) no later than 8 October 1991.  All tables
 will be available using the same access method currently used to
 download from the SRI NIC.
 
 We hope that the transition and its accompanying changes will not
 greatly inconvenience network users, and we thank you in advance for
 your patience and understanding.  For general questions regarding the
 transition, users may call the new NIC Help Desk after September 1,
 1991 at 1-800-365-3642.  Questions regarding NIC operations policy
 should be referred to Mr. Wil Pitre of DISA/DODS at (703) 692-2771
 (DSN) 222-2771.  Questions regarding NIC contractual matters should be
 referred to Mr. Tyrone Smallwood of DISA/DISCA.
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