Tutorials - Learn more about Network Monitoring with Visualware Network Monitoring Tutorials.

Web Resources

Below are a few links that can provide more insight into Internet performance and connectivity concepts. If you know of a link that should be included here, please contact us.

Security Related

www.cybercrime.gov - The DOJ Cyber Crime web site
www.ifccfbi.gov - Internet Fraud Complaint Center
www.fraud.org - National Consumers League Fraud Information Center
www.staysafeonline.info - Info on how to secure your computer

Getting Started

RFC 1118 - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet
RFC 1206 - New Internet User FAQ
RFC 1207 - Experienced Internet User FAQ
RFC 1700 - Assigned Numbers
RFC's of Particular Interest - List of useful RFC's (Ohio State)
RFC Index - at Ohio State University

Registries

InterNIC - Domain Name Registration Service
ARIN - American Registry for Internet Numbers
RIPE - Réseaux IP Européens (Europe registry)
APNIC - Asia Pacific Network Information Center
Domain name registries around the world
Yahoo Network Information Centers

Organizations

IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force
NANOG - The North American Network Operators' Group
RFC Editor - Request For Comments Editor

Cartographic, etc.

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
Cartographic Reference Resources
U.S. Gazetteer
ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information

DNS LOC record

DNS LOC - by the co-author of RFC 1876
RFC 1876 - A means of expressing location info in DNS

TCP/IP

RFC 1180 - A TCP/IP Tutorial
TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 - W. Richard Stevens
RFC 1918 - Address Allocation for Private Internets

Domain Name System (DNS)

RFC 1034 - Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
RFC 1035 - Domain Names - Implementation and Specification

WinSock Information

http://www.sockets.com - WinSock Development Information
ICMP.DLL - Microsoft's ICMP API

Java

Java FAQ - Java frequently asked questions
java.sun.com - Java information from the source
Optimization - Java optimization information

WHOIS

RFC 954 - WHOIS protocol specification
http://www.allwhois.com
http://www.betterwhois.com

Network

Russ Haynal's ISP Page
NOC contact information
SprintLink -- MCI -- UUNET -- PSI -- vBNS -- Verio

Internet Status

Internet Traffic Report
Internet Performance and Measurement Project

Miscellaneous

ISP Locator - Locate an ISP by area code
DejaNews - Search newsgroups
Understanding IP Addressing - Introduction to CIDR
Martin Dodge's Cybergeography Research
Extralan UK IP links
Tracert.com - all about traceroutes
Traceroute Lists by States. Backbone Maps List
Anti-SPAM Directory of Information and Resources