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Internet 2000: 
the path to the total network

Stephen E. Arnold
This Briefing from Infonortics accepts that we are moving rapidly towards the Total Network, where everyone in the professional world will be available on the network, and where most needed data or intellectual input will also be on the network. As the table of contents shows, this Briefing starts by positioning the Internet in its historical context, and then moves on to discuss some of the main challenges: doing business on the Internet; evolving technology trends and where they are leading; the new scenarios concerning intellectual property concepts; some of the advanced facilities made possible by this emerging new phenomenon.

Much of the information future lies with remote networking; and the Internet is the first live demonstration of where mass, global, electronic networking is taking us.

Who should buy this Briefing
The rapid and dramatic advent of the world of the Total Network will impact the entire information world, the research world, the academic world, the telecommunication world, the publishing world, the regulatory world . . . What is happening now, with the Internet, is a first-class opportunity to study an evolving large-scale pilot event.

This Briefing provides, compactly and between one set of covers, the essentials of this exciting subject area.

ISBN 1-873699-08-5. 202 pages. Publication 1994

Contents
Chapter 1: The Internet: a New Environment
* Principal uses of the Internet * What the Internet is * What the Internet is not *Difficult issues

Chapter 2: Background to the Internet
* The origin of the Internet * Benefits * Drawbacks * The emergence of the community *Today's Internet - an unexpected entity * A working definition * More recent initiatives *Who runs the Internet?

Chapter 3: The US Government and the Superhighway
* The plan * The heavy traffic of policy * Detours ahead * Complex forces at work * EDGAR * The government information reality * Snapshots of US government information initiatives

Chapter 4: US State and Local Initiatives
* Activity in American state and local government * Grassroots advocates

Chapter 5: Business on the Internet
* The case for fee-based applications * Fair use guidelines * How opponents react to commercialisation * Representative business approaches * Charging mechanisms * Internet business tactics

Chapter 6: The International Arena
* Factors influencing Internet usage * Regional activities * Selected country Internet activities

Chapter 7: Network Technology
* An Internet information void * TCP/IP: the Internet protocol * Connecting an organisation's network to the Internet * The evolution of a connection * Internet maintenance: an often overlooked cost * Special considerations * Directory services * Bandwidth * Representative costs for bandwidth * Video

Chapter 8: Security and Copyright
* A secure Internet? * Security challenges * US government activity * Routine challenges: passwords and electronic mail * Physical security techniques * Encryption * Copyright * Software piracy * A snapshot of Internet hacker tricks

Chapter 9: Internet's Impact on Software Innovation
* Electronic Mail: a core application * Moving data: ftp and telnet * Triggering innovation

Chapter 10: Internet 2000 and the Total Network
* Likely scenarios * Some practical considerations

Appendix A: Selected International Internet Access Contacts
Appendix B: Network Speed Overview
Appendix C: Selected US Government Information Sites
Appendix D: US National Network Infrastructure Contacts
Appendix E: Advertising on the Internet - Frequently Asked questions and Answers
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