Date: 8 Jan 1986 10:46:06 PST From: Joyce K. Reynolds To: George J. Carrette cc: JKREYNOLDS at USC-ISIB.ARPA Re: connecting to the internet George, We have an application (enclosed below) we need you to fill out for network number assignments. I am giving you the questionnaire for the "connected" status application. The "sponsor" section is oriented to your government contractor. I think most of the questions are self explanatory. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Joyce ======================================= This questionnaire is for use in the case of an application for an Internet Protocol (IP) Network Number for use in systems connected to either the ARPA-Internet or the DDN-Internet. To issue a network number for use with the ARPA-Internet or DDN-Internet the following information must be provided: 1) The name of the sponsoring organization, and the name, title, mailing address, phone number, net mailbox, and NIC-Ident (if any) of the contact person at that organization. This is the contact point for administrative and policy questions about the authorization for this network to join the ARPA-Internet or the DDN-Internet. For example: Sponsor Organization DARPA Name Dr. Robert E. Kahn Title Director, IPTO Mail Address DARPA 1400 Wilson Bl. Arlington, VA. 22209 Phone Number (202) 694-5922 Net Mailbox Kahn@USC-ISI.ARPA NIC-Ident REK2 2) The name, title, mailing address, phone number, and organization of the administrative head of the organization. This is the contact point for administrative and policy questions about the network. In the case of a research project this should be the Principal Investigator. The online mailbox and NIC-Ident (if any) of this person should also be included. For example: Administrator Organization USC/Information Sciences Institute Name Keith Uncapher Title Executive Director Mail Address USC/ISI 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292-6695 Phone Number (213) 822-1511 Net Mailbox Uncapher@USC-ISIB.ARPA NIC-Ident KU 3) The name, title, mailing address, phone number, and organization of the technical contact. The online mailbox and NIC-Ident (if any) of the technical contact should also be included. This is the contact point for problems with the network and for updating information about the network. Also, the technical contact may be responsible for hosts attached to this network. For example: Technical Contact Organization USC/Information Sciences Institute Name Craig Milo Rogers Title Researcher Mail Address USC/ISI 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292-6695 Phone Number (213) 822-1511 Net Mailbox Rogers@USC-ISIB.ARPA NIC-Ident CMR 4) The short name of the network (up to 12 characters). This is the name that will be used in tables and lists associating networks and addresses. For example: ALPHA-BETA 5) The long name of the network (up to 20 characters). This name should be descriptive of the network. It might be used to clarify the ownership, location, or purpose of the network. For example: Greek Alphabet Net 6) Geographically, where is this network located? For example: USC/ISI 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, CA. 90292-6695 7) A citation to a document that describes the network. This should identify a document that describes the network in a technical sense. For example: "The Ethernet, a Local Area Network: Data Link Layer and Physical Layer Specification", X3T51/80-50 Xerox, Stamford Connecticut, October 1980. 8) A description of the Gateway that connects the new network to the ARPA-Internet or the DDN-Internet, and the date it will be operational. The gateway must be either a core gateway supplied and operated by BBN, or a gateway of another Autonomous System. If this gateway is not a core gateway, then some gateway in this gateway's Autonomous System must exchange routing information with some core gateway via EGP. A good way to answer this question is to say "Our gateway is supplied by person or company X and does whatever their standard issue gateway does". For example: Our gateway is the standard issue supplied and operated by BBN, and will be installed and made operational on 1-April-83. 9) A description of the gateway machine, including (a) hardware (LSI-11/23, VAX-11/750, etc. interfaces) (b) addresses (what host on what net for each connected net) (c) software (operating system and programming language) For example: (a) hardware PDP-11/40, ARPANET Interface by ACC, Ethernet Interfaces by 3COM. (b) address 10.9.0.193 on ARPANET (c) software Berkeley Unix 4.2 BSD and C 10) An estimate of the number of hosts that will be on the network (a) initially, (b) within one year, (c) two years, and (d) five years. For example: (a) initially = 5 (b) one year = 25 (c) two years = 50 (d) five years = 200 11) Unless a strong and convincing reason is presented, the network (if it qualifies at all) will be assigned a class C network number. Is a class C network number acceptable for your purposes, and if not why not? For example: Class C is fine. 12) Networks are characterized as being either Research, Defense, Government - Non Defense, or Commercial, and the network address space is shared between these three areas. Which type is this network? For example: Research 13) What is the purpose of the network? For example: To economically connect computers used in DARPA sponsored research project FROB-BRAF to the ARPA-Internet or the DDN-Internet to provide communication capability with other similar projects at UNIV-X and CORP-Y.