The Online World resources handbook

Web/Internet tools and pointers http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/v6.html
Gopher, FTP, and TELNET, but cannot supply resources through these protocols to
people outside the company.
Check the Firewalls FAQ for definitions, justifications, what firewalls can/cannot
do, virus, and other interesting links.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
A program for sending and receiving files to and from a remote computer to your local
host. Lets you connect to many remote computers, as an anonymous or guest user, to
transfer files back to your computer. Lets you list file directories on foreign systems, get
or retrieve files. You cannot browse menus, send email, or search databases using FTP.
The easiest is to use ftp with a Web browser like Netscape. Just feed the browser
the file's location, in a format like this ftp://ftp.eunet.no/pub/text/online.txt.Z. The codes
after the "//" show first the host name, then the directory, and finally the file name of the
desired file.
Some users type ftp at their system prompt, login on the remote system, and ask for
the file they want to receive. It transfers to their local host machine. (For more on this,
read under "Internet" in Appendix 1.) Finally, unless their computer is directly
connected to the Internet, the retrieved file must be transferred from their host machine
to their PC.
Where ftp or WWW is not available, you may also use FTPMAIL (chapter 12).
FYI
"For Your Information." A subseries of RFCs that are not technical standards or
descriptions of protocols that are available from http://www.rfc editor.org and many
other sources on the Internet.
Gopher
Gopher is a tool for exploring the Internet and to find a resource if you know what you
want, but not where to find it. Gopher systems are menu based in a top level subject
oriented way, and provide a user friendly front end to Internet resources, searches and
information retrieval.
Gopher gets information from certain locations on the Internet to which it is
connected, and brings the information to your computer. It can get information via other
Gophers at other locations connected to yet other hosts. The Telneting or file transfer
protocols are transparent to the user.
To access gopher services, run a browser program. The browser reads documents,
and can fetch documents and files from other sources. Some services let you fetch
gopher information by electronic mail (see Gophermail below).
"Common Questions and Answers about the Internet Gopher" are posted to the
Usenet newsgroups comp.infosystems.gopher, comp.answers, and news.answers every
two weeks. (See FAQ above.)
Pointers to Gopher sources may be given in this form:
Type=1
Name= United States GOVERNMENT Gophers
Path=1/welcome/peg/GOPHERS/gov
Host=peg.cwis.uci.edu
Port=7000
URL: gopher://peg.uci.edu:7000/11/welcome/peg/GOPHERS/gov
If your browser cannot use this information directly, try to deduct the information from
the URL line. In this example, it translates into 'gopher peg.uci.edu 7000' , select peg /
gophers/ gov.
If the gopher command is not available on your system, then you may telnet to the
gopher site, and login as 'gopher' or 'info'.
The gophers of the world, sorted by country, are at
URL: gopher://liberty.uc.wlu.edu/11/gophers/other
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