IceNET Information, Application, and Policy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As formulated by the IceNET Guidelines Team Edition 18 10/08/95 06:54 am Table of Contents I. Scope............................................. II. History........................................... III. Standards......................................... A. General........................................ B. Sysop Character and Conduct.................... IV. Joining IceNET.................................... I. SCOPE This manual was created to establish some general order among the partici- pating IceNET boards so that we may provide the best possible service to our users and keep IceNET running smoothly and efficiently and to set standards and list the procedures for new boards joining IceNET. II. HISTORY IceNET was established as a network between local Bulletin Board Services in the Western New York Area for the exchange of information via posts and electronic mail. The original founding Boards were The Great White North run by Jim and The Northern Lights run by Northstar with both boards receiving contributions from Icefreezr. In mid January of 1991 IceNET officially went on-line connecting the original two boards. III. STANDARDS The rules and regulations associated with running an IceNET board are as follows: A. General In general, an IceNET board is to be a honorable 'open' system which does not discriminate against users because of race, religion, creed, nationality, sex, age, or other reason. B. Sysop Character and Conduct System Operators of IceNET boards must be of good moral standing. All sysops are expected to keep the private information including but not limited to name, password, phone number, and address of all users on all nodes strictly confidential. IceNET sysops are not to participate in the planning or actual participation of computer hacking other bulletin boards, and must openly proclaim any knowledge they might have regarding such an event, past or future. IceNET SysOps may connect to any and as many IceNET nodes as they desire. At no time will any IceNET SysOp be forced to connect to node(s) that he/she wishes not too. All connections must be approved and installed by the NC. All IceNET SysOps are required to remain in IceNET for 3 months upon entry. Sending non-message files through the network requires the advance approval of all nodes through which the file will pass. Sending unsolicited Multi-Mail is not allowed in IceNET. Taglines shall be three lines max and shall not use ansi codes. Sub hosts may require or allow other guidelines to posts. Taglines should adhere to the WWIV standard which places a control-D at the beginning of the tagline, so that the optional lines feature will be supported (Users can toggle their own accounts to include or exclude taglines from the posts they read). Sysops are expected to refrain from abusing users and will deal with disruptions on their board in a mature manner. Problem users should be dealt with via e-mail, have their access lowered, or simply deleted. IceNET boards are not to engage in pirating activities such as advertising the availability of stolen software, asking for commercial software, or encouraging the participation of pirating or exchanging of software that is made for sale by the author. IceNET boards are not to engage in any illegal activities, including phreaking or carding. IceNET policy does not mean your board will be inspected or policed by IceNET. Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties including fines and imprisonment for the unauthorized reproduction or distribution of copyrighted computer programs (Title 17, U.S.C. Sections 501 and 506). IV. JOINING IceNET / REQUIREMENTS To join IceNET, you must have your own BBS running WWIV version 4.11 or greater. Other software compatible with WWIV is also acceptable as long as it works. If you are using an earlier version of WWIV, such as 4.10, you must upgrade your software. Any newer versions of WWIV will be accepted. You must also be running NET33+ versions of WWIV networking files. Your board must be up full time for at least 1 month to join IceNET unless waived by the NC. Your board must have a dedicated phone line and be online 24 hours per day (excepting netmail hours and normal maintenance). By signing at the bottom of this document you are promising to remain in IceNET at least 3 months upon approval. You are not required to register WWIV to join IceNET. This allows new sysops to be in IceNET during the two month trial period using WWIV, as allowed by the license agreement that comes in the WWIV archives. You will be expected to register WWIV to help assure the continued support of the Author of the software, and to help protect the investment made by other IceNET sysops who have already registered WWIV. Registration here refers to either WWIV itself, or the NETxx networking software if you use another BBS software. If you do not register WWIV or the NETxx networking software, your system will be temporarily removed from IceNET until you are able to register or begin the partial payment plan. This protects the investments of the author and all of the other SysOps who have registered. Please send your completed application to your Area Coordinator if available. The Area Coordinators are listed in the bbslist with an ^ to the left of the system name. If there is no Area Coordinator, E-mail your registration to a Group Coordinator, as listed below. Below are listed the IceNET NC and Group Coordinators ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Network Affiliations IceNET WWIVnet WWIVlink ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ NC for IceNET Network Coordinator is @1 12180 17662 Zone 1 Eastern N Group Coordinator is @8414 5100 18414 Zone 2 Central Group Coordinator is @2465 11259 12462 Zone 3 Mountain Group Coordinator is @3314 11314 13301 Zone 4 Pacific Group Coordinator is @1 12180 17662 Zone 5 Int'ntnl. Group Coordinator is @5462 20362 5462 Zone 6 Eastern S Group Coordinator is @9404 @1 & *716-592-5652 #28800 < !$ [11258] "The Great White North" @8414 % *804-556-6595 #33600 ) Zoom v.32 Turbo (Z) CCITT v.32bis (14.4bps) ($) Telebit PEP (|) V.FAST (~) Line #??: BBS Phone # Modem Speed Identifiers 1: 2: BBS Name:_____________________________________________________________ SysOp: ______________________________ SysOp Date of Birth:________ Hours of Operation:_________ Do you have the source to WWIV? _____ Have you modified the code? _____ WWIV Version: ______ Are you registered?: ______ Reg Number: ________ If you have not registered WWIV or NET34+ please provide a date that you wish me to include on the bbslist in the field for the registration number. This date will be your planned date of registration. If not registered, please provide the date of planned registration:__________ Date BBS started:___________ # of users:___________ # of calls:___________ Please indicate a connection for your system if you have one in mind. If you do not have a connect, you will be assigned to a server. Obtain permission from the person you would like to connect to before sending in your application. Connect me to @________. (No connect specified will connect you to a server.) There may come a time when I must contact you directly. So please include the following information: Real Name:____________________________________________________________ VOICE phone:_____________ Address (Street):_____________________________________________________ (City) :_____________________________________________________ (State) :_____________________________________________________ Occupation:___________________________________________________________ Special Interests/Comments:___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ I certify that I'll abide by the above IceNET requirements for becoming a member of IceNET. I also understand that if, for any reason, my system fails to meet these requirements, my system can be removed from IceNET. Signed:_____________________________________________ Date:____________