5.JPNIC Information 5.1 Usage of information services 1 Usage via e-mail (mail-server) At present file transfer (anonymous ftp) and information retrieval (whois) service are offered through e-mail. By using these services, documents offered and maintained by JPNIC could be searched and retrieved even if there is no IP connection. If an e-mail with the following command is send to mail-server@nic.ad.jp then the requested file or search status will be returned to the sender (defined by From: or Reply-to: field) of the e-mail. In case of a large file (more than 50k bytes) the file will be send part by part. Commands send help This document will be send send index List of files send [filename] Send the file defined by filename whois [keyword] Search with the term keyword and send the result end End Commands should be written from the first line of the body of the e-mail. There should be one command on each line and the command "end" should be written in the last line to mean that there are no more commands. For example, this document and the list of files can be retrieved by executing the following. % mail mail-server@nic.ad.jp Subject: send help send index end . % Some systems will not ask the subject. But it is not necessary to enter a subject to use this service. The mark "." at the end of the command may be different by each system. Please confirm documents of your systems. In case of PC networks, as the number of e-mails, amount of data that can be stored in the mailbox depends on the network system, please check the details before using this service. 2 Service that can be availed through the machines that have direct Internet connectivity. 2.1 Use of whois This service can be used to retrieve information about a person, address or organization that is involved in network projects. The related information about the key-word can be retrieved by executing the following command. whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp key-word The help regarding how to use whois can be obtained in Japanese by executing whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp help. The English version can be obtained by executing the command in the following way. whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp key-word/e Note: There should not be any space between the key-word and the /. In case of using * or other symbols, the key-word should be double couted. 2.2 Use of anonymous ftp Files stored in ftp.nic.ad.jp can be obtained by using this service. If the command ftp ftp.nic.ad.jp is executed, the user will be asked for user id and password. In that case files can be accessed, by specifying anonymous for user id and e-mail address for password. An example for anonymous ftp is given below. IP address (192.41.192.1) can also be used. Care should be taken, for this IP address may be changed in future. % ftp ftp.nic.ad.jp Connected to ns.nic.ad.jp. Name (ftp.nic.ad.jp:tatsumi): anonymous <- specify user id as anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. Password: <- key-in complete e-mail address 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> <- ftp commands can be used. The list of commands can be found by executing ?. The necessary files can be accessed with the help of the commands "ls" and "get". List of files/directories can be displayed by executing "ls". As the file ls-lR contains the list of files under the directory pub, it may be convenient to get this file first. An example is given below. ftp> ls bin dev etc lost+found ls-lR pub src usr ftp> get ls-lR The contents of ftp:/pub is shown below. (As of June 12, 1995) HELP infosphere/ orions/ INDEX infoweb/ psi/ aaa/ internet/ rfc@ apnic/ internet-drafts@ ric-tsukuba/ asinc/ internetkdd/ rim/ avisnet/ jain/ sinet/ bitnet/ jcrn/ sinfony/ bitnetjp/ jepg-ip/ spin/ cbi/ join/ star-internet/ crnet/ jpnic/ tcp/ csi/ jpnic-pub/ tisn/ cyber-net/ jtnet/ tohoku-inet gdbnetjp/ junet/ tokai/ gol/ karrn/ tokyonet/ hits/ mesh/ topic/ ietf@ n-net/ train/ iij/ netspace/ wide/ imnet/ nis/ winc/ inetclub/ north/ yacc/ inforyukyu/ ntt-mm-p/ 2.3 Use of gopher (whois and ftp functions are included) The gopher service menu can be displayed by executing the command gopher gopher.nic.ad.jp. The directions for using gopher can be displayed by executing ?. The ? command can be used by preparing a help file in the local machine. Required information can be obtained either by inputting the number given in the menu or by moving the cursor to the proper position and keying-in return. Key-in u, m and, q for returning to the previous menu, main menu and quitting the program. For retrieving the present information, execute m and then key-in the e-mail address. Normally, a simple help menu is always displayed at the bottom. 2.4 Use of www (World Wide Web) For using www, the client program (mosaic,chimera etc.) should be installed on the local machine, the machine must be IP connected, and capable of using window systems. The www server can be accessed by specifying http://www.nic.ad.jp through Open URL. More detailed information can be obtained or a menu containing ftp, gopher, search etc. can be displayed by cliquing the mouse on the underlined/colored places of the menu. Graphic data can also be displayed, but in that case, the local machine must have the necessary viewers previously installed. Although lynx can display only text data, it can also be used on vt100 terminals. 2.5 Code of Japanese characters Japanese information provided with JPNIC mail server, whois, ftp, www and gopher server is written in JIS 7bit code. To use whois, you set up Japanese character code of your machine to JIS 7bit or use a program that changes characters code. Particularly in the case of www browser recently used well on Windows, Macintosh, NeXT etc.(ex. Mosaic, Netscape, OmniWeb), a proxy server such as delegate must be specified to http, ftp and gopher. It's better to specify the server to your network provider's one as you can. 3 E-mail address mail-server: mail-server@nic.ad.jp whois: whois.nic.ad.jp ftp: ftp.nic.ad.jp gopher: gopher.nic.ad.jp www: www.nic.ad.jp 5.2 E-mail address for applications and questions JPNIC accepts every kinds of applications and questions through e-mail with the following addresses. Please use a e-mail as you can. General Questions: query@nic.ad.jp Questions to JPNIC: secretariat@nic.ad.jp JP domain name: application form, documents: info@domain.nic.ad.jp queries: query@domain.nic.ad.jp applications: apply@domain.nic.ad.jp IP address: application form, documents: info@ip.nic.ad.jp queries: query@ip.nic.ad.jp applications: apply@ip.nic.ad.jp Data base: documents: info@db.nic.ad.jp queries: query@db.nic.ad.jp applications: apply@db.nic.ad.jp DNS(domain name server): documents: info@dns.nic.ad.jp queries: query@dns.nic.ad.jp Suggestions: goiken@nic.ad.jp suggestions@nic.ad.jp Complaints: kujo@nic.ad.jp complaints@nic.ad.jp 5.3 JPNIC FAQ This file is the answers for the questions that were sent to JPNIC secretariat(secretariat@nic.ad.jp). You can get this file to use anonymous ftp /mail server system as "ftp.nic.ad.jp:/pub/jpnic/QandA.txt". This answers and questions will add as the need arises. June 19, 1995 JPNIC Secretariat Q0. Is JPNIC different from JNIC? A0. JNIC is the forerunner name of JPNIC. It will be difficult to distinguish JAPAN from the other countries if we only use "J"NIC. So, it added "JP", ISO code of JAPAN, to represent JAPAN from April 1993. [Questions for General Organization] Q1. Can you tell me how to request for a new domain name, and request for change of a domain name and IP address, elimination of a domain name and IP address and return IP address and Domain Name, and how to get the JPNIC documents. A1. JPNIC distributes various explanation through anonymous ftp and e-mail. The applications can be sent to JPNIC either e-mail or by postal service (for the people who can not use "ftp" or "e-mail" only). In order to reduce the work-load of the JPNIC secretariat, the applications are requested to send by e-mail if possible. You can use "ftp.nic.ad.jp" address to get the documents by anonymous ftp. Use"/pub/INDEX" file to research and get the documents you need. You can use "mail-server@nic.ad.jp"address to get the documents by e-mail. If you use UNIX machine, you will receive the explanation of this service by sending an e-mail , % mail mail-server@nic.ad.jp subject: send help end . % This service can use by another personal computer network. (Nifty-serve, PC-VAN,etc.) To get the application for JP Domain Name and IP address, you send an empty e-mail to the following address. Domain Name : info@domain.nic.ad.jp IP address : info@ip.nic.ad.jp Furthermore, when you apply JP domain name and IP addresses, some networks of JPNIC member act for you. So if there is a JPNIC member network that you will join, then you should confirm whether the network act for you or not and take necessary procedure. In case of using postal service, you have to send the envelop write down your request form and an envelop to return (If you want to get the form of JP Domain Name or IP address application, you have to use an envelop, size A4, with 270 Yen postage stamp) to the following address. Japan Network Information Center c/o Computer Centre, University of Tokyo 2-11-16,Yayoi,Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo 113 Japan But, this address may change, please get the newest information. Q2. Is it possible to get an allocation of IP addresses even in the case of a UUCP connection site? A2. JPNIC allocates IP address in spite of you access to IP access or not. You can get the information about how to get with sending an empty e-mail to info@ip.nic.ad.jp. Q3. As we were registered JPNIC Domain Name and allocated IP address, can we use Internet? A3. JPNIC divide "to be allocated IP address" and "to access". JPNIC does not guaranty about "to access". IP address can be allocated whether you will access or not. Q4. Then, how can we access to the Internet? A4. You will join some JPNIC Members Network, and then you can access to the Internet. Please refer section 7, JPNIC Members Network List. Q5. Which JPNIC Members network should I join? A5. JPNIC emphasize on fairness ,so JPNIC can not recommend a special JPNIC Members Network. Every JPNIC Members Network has their own character, purpose, qualification for participation, service, access form and membership fee. You should choose one that you think the best. Q6. Will you tell me full details about each JPNIC Members Network? (e.g. purpose, qualification for participation, how to go through the procedure, how to access, fees, etc.) A6. We open the information about each JPNIC Members Network's rules and participation organizations in , "ftp.nic.ad.jp:/pub/an abbreviation for Members". If you want to know more details, you inquire to each JPNIC Members Network. Q7. Will you tell me about the JPNIC Members Network that can attend the general organization? A7. You can see each JPNIC Members Network's administrative rules or the information about participating organization(refer to Q6,A6). If you want to know more details, you can inquire each JPNIC Members Network. Q8. If we go through the procedure to JPNIC Members Network, we need not to go through the procedure to JPNIC? A8. If you have JP Domain Name or IP address, you need to register your information (manager name, address etc.). But some of JPNIC Members Network act for you. You have to inquire to your JPNIC Members Network ,whether act for you, or not. Q9. Please tell us the method of checking the content registered in the JPNIC database and the method of altering them. A9. At first, the followings is the way of confirmation. 1)If you have IP connection, you can use "whois" command. whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp /e You can see the usage in detail to use whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp help/e 2)If you confirm by e-mail, you send an e-mail to "mail-server@nic.ad.jp", whois end The information will send you. Next, the way to change the registered information is different by the content. You see the Document "JPNIC Registration form entry method (For general organization)" or Q10,A10. You can get the Document to send an empty e-mail to "info@db.nic.ad.jp". Q10. Our organization name was changed after we obtained a domain name from JPNIC. What should we do? A10. At first, you go through procedure to JPNIC Members Network that you join. In that case, you inquire to your JPNIC Members Network. The following is the explanation how to go through procedure to JPNIC. But some of JPNIC Members Network will act for the procedure, so you ask them about it. If you change domain name, organization name or organization outline after you are registered domain name, you have to go through procedure to JPNIC. You can receive the detail to send an e-mail to "info@domain.nic.ad.jp". When your organization name changes, you are allocated IP address, too, you also have to go through procedure as IP address. The detail about the change of contents of IP address, you send to an e-mail to"info@ip.nic.ad.jp" and you can get the information. JPNIC go through carefully about this procedure to protect allocation/registration duplicate, transfer of domain name and IP address. So, it is troublesome to you, but please understand the reason. Q11. What is "JPNIC Handle" and "NIC Handle" in the personal information of JPNIC Data Base? A11. JPNIC Handle is the Handle of yours when you register to JPNIC Data Base, and NIC Handle is the Handle of yours when you register to InterNIC Data Base. This is the key to show your personal information in the Data Base. If you got domain name or IP address in the past, you may have already registered in JPNIC Data Base. Whether your data have already registered or not, and in case that you have already registered you can see from IP reachable machine what your JPNIC Handle is. "whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp "/e or, you can check it to send an e-mail to "mail-server@nic.ad.jp" with the following contents. "whois "/e or, you can check whether you have already registered to Internic or not to do from IP reachable machine, "whois -h whois.internic.net/e Q12. We want to stop connecting to the InterNet. What should we do? A12. At first, you complete the procedure to JPNIC Members Network that you join. For details of this, inquire with the JPNIC Members Network to which you join. It is the explanation that how to complete the procedure to JPNIC. Some of JPNIC Members Network will act for you. Please ask your Members Network about this. For JPNIC, you have to complete a delete procedure of your domain name server. You register an empty data for the name server field in the domain information for your organization that you registered on JPNIC data base. If you need not your domain name or IP address as you stop connecting to Internet, you have to complete a delate procedure for this. The former procedure, you can get the information to send an e-mail to "info@domain.nic.ad.jp", and the latter procedure, you send to an e-mail to "info@ip.nic.ad.jp". Please use this system. As domain name, in case that you do not complete the procedure after you delate name server you do not register your name server (to Internet) within a year, it will delate automatically. Q13. Do you have any statistics of "ac","go" or "ad" domain name? A13. We have only the statistics from April 1993. This data can see as a data of JPNIC Steering committee that it will hold twice a month. ftp.nic.ad.jp: /pub/jpnic-pub/committee/ 930529-shiryou5-4.txt, 930720-shiryou2-1.txt 930917-shiryou2-1.txt, 931116-shiryou2-1.txt 940121-shiryou2-1.txt, 940318-shiryou2-1.txt 940510-shiryou2-1.txt, etc. Q14. Can we get "DDN Protocol Handbook" by InterNIC now? And is there Japanese version of this? A14. Please ask to InterNIC. And there is no Japanese version of DDN Protocol Handbook. Q15. Is it possible to register e-mail address of our organization to the ip-connection mailing list which is a contact point between the administrators of domestic IP connected organization. A15. Only the e-mail addresses of JPNIC members' network can be registered to the mailing list. So you should inquire your joining network of JPNIC member whether the network is registered to ip-connection or not. Furthermore, in the case that JPNIC members' network hope to register to the ip-connection, please send a e-mail to secretariat@nic.ad.jp and tell an address that should be registered. [For organization joinning to the JPNIC member] Q1. Where can we get the information of JPNIC rules and an admission form? A1. There are files about the related documents in the directory of "ftp.nic.ad.jp". You can get by "anonymous ftp" or "mail server". file name: jpnic-rule.txt content: -regulations for Japan Network Information Center file name: jpnic-saisoku.txt content: -bylaws for this center membership and membership fees -bylaws for participate organization of regular members and how to count the membership -bylaws for the election file name: jpnic-info-application.txt content: -the information of Japan Network Information Center admission -the information of Japan Network Information Center application form Q2. We are considering whether to become a member of JPNIC. If I join the JPNIC after 1st October, how much we have to pay as Membership fees? A2. If you join after 1st October, Membership fee is half of the annual fee. The annual fee is calculated as the unit fee times the number of units defined by the category and type of the member. Q3. Is it possible to pay the annual membership dues of JPNIC at places other than the project? A3. This is a problem that where to send the receipts. If you want to pay by different organization name, please write down to application form about this problem when you join a membership. If you need more information, you can ask the secretariat. Q4. Will you tell us what to submit to join JPNIC? A4. Please send the followings documents. 1) Japan Network Information Center application form. 2) Administrative rules of Network (or the same as this one) 3) The list of Network participate organization (If you use personally, you need not submit this documents) These documents can be accepted by postal service and e-mail. But in case that you send by e-mail, you have to send by postal service the "1) application form" that put the manager's seal. Q5. Which should we seal to application form, personal seal or organization seal? A5. We need the personal seal. Q6. We want to join as type A Membership. What should we do? A6. If you are recognized as JCRN, it is no problem. You need to be recognized by JCRN to join JPNIC type A Membership as article 6 of bylaws for this center membership and membership fees . Q7. How should we count the participate member to write down JPNIC application form? A7. You should read "bylaws for participate organization of regular members and how to count the membership". Q8. What should we write down for a column of Administrative Domain Name? A8. If you get domain name for a management of Network, you have to write down that Domain Name.(If you are "AD.JP Domain", you need not to write it down.) And, If you don't have Administrative Domain Name, you have to get it after you are admitted to join JPNIC. Q9. What should we submit as administractive rules of Network? A9. For example, you submit the Network rules and regulations that you use for general organization or general user. Q10. Will you tell me another attention to join JPNIC? A10. After JPNIC receive the all application, JPNIC starts to examine. The result will send you as soon as possible (it takes about one month in case of long). After your application pass, you have to register the following information. [Project information] You have to register "Project information" in JPNIC Data base. This information is referred when we register each Domain or IP Network Address in Name server. So, you need to register the newest information. Is this case ,you can refer to "ftp.nic.ad.jp: /pub/jpnic/projform.txt". Q11. We want to apply CIDR block allocation of IP address. What should we do? A11. You have to answer the following questions to discuss CIDR block allocation for your Network. In case that you pass the CIDR block application, this information will be opened as another members network. 1) The term that you need IP address 2) Expectation of the accumulated numbers of IP addresses in use every half year for two years from the date 3) IP address number that you want(64,128 or 256) Furthermore, when CIDR block was allotted, JPNIC asks you to have works instead of JPNIC such as IP address allocation, collection of a fee. Please refer the document "Domain name, IP address application fee -for the JPNIC member". (ftp.nic.ad.jp: /pub/jpnic/fee-announce.txt) Q12. Will you tell me the way to get "AS Number" that need in BGP4 Protocol. Because we will serve to access to international Internet by BGP4 Protocol. A12. You can refer the following document and take a necessary procedure. AS numbers in JAPAN (ftp.nic.ad.jp: /pub/jepg-ip/as-number.txt) Q13. We want to leave JPNIC. How to go through the withdraw procedure? A13. You have to send to secretariat the form in "ftp.nic.ad.jp: /pub/jpnic-pub/jpnic-info-leave.txt". 5.4 Publication of magazines JPNIC exhibited on the following magazines to introduce JPNIC work. Please refer to the following magazines to know the detail. UNIX magazine (ASCII） 1994 1.Geographic Domain Name Introduction Plan Kazue Kamiyama No.1,P.141-143 2.JPNIC information services Masaya Nakayama No.2,P.116-118 3.Relation between international NIC work and JPNIC Masaya Nakayama,Akiko Aizawa No.3,P.129-131 4.IP address allocation by service provider Shin Yoshimura No.4,P.147-149 5.JPNIC WHOIS service Masaya Nakayama No.5,P.124-127 6.IP address for the closed Internet Shin Yoshimura No.6,P.152-153 7.The 2nd General Meeting Nobuhiro Sakai No.7,P.141-143 8.Reconsideration of membership fees Susumu Sano,Kunio Goto No.8,P.147-149 9.Joint of WHOIS database Ikuo Kojima,Masaya Nakayama No.9,P.139-140 12.Reconsideration of membership fees Susumu Sano No.12,P.147-150 1995 4.The first APNIC Meeting report Atsuko Oka,Shigeki Goto No.4,P.138-140