********************************************************************** 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). ********************************************************************** 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.