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E-Mail to South Africa

E-Mail to South Africa

INTERNET SITES IN SOUTH AFRICA ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

From: IN%"samoff@Hudson.Stanford.EDU" "Joel Samoff" 22-AUG-1992 13:06:18.83 To: kuntz@macc.wisc.edu Subject: Internet in South Africa

Patty, In case you have not seen it, I have attached a list of Internet sites in Africa. (I found the list at Rhodes University via autonomous FTP. The route is: hippo.ru.ac.za:/pub/doc/networks ) Joel

/etc/networks - ru.ac.za - 1992/07/24 - ccfj@hippo.ru.ac.za local stuff, of no conceivable interest to anyone else

loopback 127 RHODES-backbone 146.231.128 RHODES-internet 146.231.64 # stub ethernet segment, firewall. RHODES-journ 146.231.192 # 19.2kb PCRoute to Journalism Dept.

SOUTH AFRICAN INTERNET- ZA DOMAIN

The real (as opposed to imagined) connectivity of these sites is shown by the following codes:

An 'x' indicates the net is up and running A '.' indicates it's nearly there A ' ' indicates it's still wishful thinking

UNI.NET.ZA 155.232 #x Uninet router links

CLASS B: uct.ac.za 137.158 #x University of Cape Town # postmaster@ucthpx.uct.ac.za

frd.ac.za 137.214 #x Foundation for Research Development, Pretoria # uninet@frd.ac.za

up.ac.za 137.215 #x Tukkies - University of Pretoria # postmaster@ford.ee.up.ac.za

unp.ac.za 143.128 #x University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg # postmaster@unpsun1.unp.ac.za

puk.ac.za 143.160 #x Potchefstroom University # postmaster@pukvm1.puk.ac.za

csir.co.za 146.64 #x Council- Scientific and Indust. Research # postmaster@nuustak.csir.co.za

wits.ac.za 146.141 #x Univ.of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. # postmaster@shannon.ee.wits.ac.za

uovs.ac.za 146.182 #x Univer. of the Orange Free State, Bloem. # postmaster@uovsvm1.uovs.ac.za

und.ac.za 146.230 #x University of Natal, Durban # postmaster@cc.und.ac.za

ru.ac.za 146.231 #x Rhodes University, Grahamstown # postmaster@ru.ac.za

sun.ac.za 146.232 #x Stellenbosch University # postmaster@sunvax.sun.ac.za

rau.ac.za 152.106 #x Randse Afrikaanse Universit.Johannesburg # postmaster@rauteg.rau.ac.za

b-unisa.ac.za 152.109 # University of South Africa, Pretoria

hsrc.ac.za 152.112 # Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria # postmaster@ludwig.hsrc.ac.za

canet.ac.za 155.238 # Cape Technikon, Cape Town

CLASS C: nac.ac.za 192.33.10 # National Accelerator Center, Faure, Cape # postmaster@nacdh1.nac.ac.za

c.ru.ac.za 192.42.99 # Rhodes class C network number

c.uct.ac.za 192.48.253 # UCT class C IP number

ee.und.ac.za 192.70.237 #x Elec Eng at UNatal, Durban # postmaster@daisy.ee.und.ac.za

ufh.ac.za 192.82.142 #x University of Fort Hare, Alice, Ciskei # postmaster@cd4380.ufh.ac.za

mrc.ac.za 192.94.61 #x Medical Research Council,Bellville, Cape # postmaster@nazgul.mrc.ac.za

medunsa.ac.za 192.94.210 #x Medical Univ. of South Africa, Pretoria. # postmast@mcd4330.medunsa.ac.za

els.ac.za 192.96.1 # Elsenberg Experimental Farm, Stellenbosch

unisa.ac.za 192.96.2 #x University of South Africa, Pretoria # postmaster@risc1.unisa.ac.za

hartrao.ac.za 192.96.5 #x Hartebeesthoek Radio Astron. Observatory # postmaster@bootes.hartrao.ac.za

7.petek.ac.za 192.96.7 # Port Elizabeth Technicon 8.petek.ac.za 192.96.8 # Port Elizabeth Technicon

ufh.ac.za 192.96.11 #x University of Fort Hare, Alice, Ciskei # postmaster@cd4380.ufh.ac.za

12.ufh.ac.za 192.96.12 # University of Fort Hare, Alice, Ciskei

upe.ac.za 192.96.15 #. University of Port Elizabeth # postmaster@dolphin.upe.ac.za

utr.ac.za 192.96.20 #x University of Transkei, Umtata, Transkei # postmaster@unitrix.utr.ac.za

udw.ac.za 192.96.21 #x University of Durban Westville, Durban # postmaster@pixie.udw.ac.za

ovi.ac.za 192.96.38 #x Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute

# postmaster@ovisun.ovi.ac.za

ovi.ac.za 192.96.94 #x Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute

# postmaster@ovisun.ovi.ac.za

SLIP- 192.96.254 # SLIP PCRoute links- being phased out

ccwr.ac.za 192.100.1 #x Water Research Commission, Pietermaritzburg

# postmaster@aqua.ccwr.ac.za

uwc.ac.za 192.102.9 #x Univ. of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape

# postmaster@uwcunx.uwc.ac.za

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Commercial organisations in South Africa- not part of Uninet but the IP numbers have been assigned and there is a chance that they'll pop up despite what the Post Office has to say.

In general, these can be used as an indicator of how many commercial organisations are making use of TCP/IP.

vw.co.za 152.107 # Volkswagen, Uitenhague tnet.co.za 152.108 # Transtel, Johannesburg didata.co.za 152.110 # Dimension Data, Johannesburg naspers.co.za 152.111 # Nasionale Pers, Cape Town scs.co.za 155.159 # Safren Computer Services, Cape Town ofsroads.co.za 155.233 # Orange Free State Roads Dept, Bloemfont. sabc.co.za 155.234 # South African Broadcasting Corp, Johann. afrox.co.za 155.235 # Afrox MIS, Johannesburg shell.co.za 155.236 # Shell SA, Cape Town sasol.co.za 155.237 # Sasol (GID), Johannesburg telkom.co.za 155.239 # Telkom, Cape Town columbus.co.za 160.115 # Columbus Stainless, Middelburg Tvl acs.co.za 160.116 # Affiliated Computing Services, Johannes. eskom.co.za 147.110.192 # Eskom, Johannesburg ????? execom.co.za 192.94.241 # Executive Communications iosys.co.za 192.94.242 # IO Systems, Johannesburg tricom.co.za 192.96.3 # Tricom Computer Services, Port Elizabeth pioneer.co.za 192.96.4 # Pioneer Seed Company, Greytown, Natal medplan.co.za 192.96.6 # Medplan Bureau, Port Elizabeth sawb.co.za 192.96.9 # South African Wool Board, Port Elizabeth sawb.co.za 192.96.10 # South African Wool Board, Port Elizabeth cybersoft.co.za 192.96.16 # Cybersoft, Johannesburg aztec.co.za 192.96.22 # Aztec Information Management, Cape Town posix.co.za 192.96.25 # Posix Systems, Honeydew, Johannesburg 26.olive.co.za 192.96.26 # Olivetti South Africa, Edenvale 27.olive.co.za 192.96.27 28.olive.co.za 192.96.28 29.olive.co.za 192.96.29 30.olive.co.za 192.96.30 31.olive.co.za 192.96.31 utekza.co.za 192.96.34 # Unique Technology, Halfway House itech.co.za 192.96.36 # Intertech Systems, Rivonia Johannesburg tdmine.co.za 192.96.37 # TDMine, Rivonia Johannesburg 58.fnbat.co.za 192.96.58 # First National Batteries, Benoni 59.fnbat.co.za 192.96.59 # First National Batteries, Benoni 60.smb.co.za 192.96.60 # Standard Merchant Bank, Johannesburg 61.smb.co.za 192.96.61 # Standard Merchant Bank, Johannesburg 68.maclove.co.za 192.96.68 # Maclove Computer Systems, Rivonia Johan. 69.maclove.co.za 192.96.69 # Maclove Computer Systems, Rivonia Johan. communica.co.za 192.96.70 # Communica, Pretoria gomma.co.za 192.96.71 # Gomma Gomma Holdings, Pretoria tvlpnb.co.za 192.96.73 # Transvaal Pressed Nuts & Bolts, Alberton uniflex.co.za 192.96.76 # Uniflex, Halfway House 89.paradigm.co.za 192.96.89 # Paradigm Systems Technology, Pretoria 90.paradigm.co.za 192.96.90 # Paradigm Systems Technology, Pretoria 91.paradigm.co.za 192.96.91 # Paradigm Systems Technology, Pretoria 92.paradigm.co.za 192.96.92 # Paradigm Systems Technology, Pretoria uiscpt.co.za 192.96.93 # Unix Information Systems, Cape Town bksinc.co.za 192.96.200 # BKS Incorporated, Pretoria

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External (non ZA) networks that are likely to be visible in local routing tables.

psg.com 147.28 #x Pacific Systems Group

wiskit.rain.com 192.83.221 #x Unknown???

rain.com 192.83.230 #x RainNet

FOR MORE INFORMATION on contacts at these sites: uninet@frd.ac.za

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FINDING E-MAIL ADDRESSES AT RHODES UNIVERSITY: 1993/03/14

Rhodes is running a "Horton" whois White Pages server that will perform address lookups for users registered on systems connected to the Rhodes University network. It may be accessed over the internet by entering:

whois -h hippo.ru.ac.za searchstring

(alternatively it may be accessed transparently from within "gopher")

It will return a list of email addresses matching "searchstring", together with the date the account was last used. The form of output returned by the "Horton" server is a bit cryptic, so this document is intended to assist in interpreting it, and to give ideas about how to formulate search strings.

Here is an example of the output produced by:

whois -h hippo.ru.ac.za ms

AMSP@GIRAFFE.RU.AC.ZA MRS SCP PIRES Fri Mar 12 1993 DEMSLIE@SUNBIRD.RU.AC.ZA MR DONOVAN EMSLIE Sun Mar 14 1993 G87L4145@GIRAFFE.RU.AC.ZA MS GA LEE-BELL Sun Mar 14 1993 G91T3506@GIRAFFE.RU.AC.ZA MR R THOMSON Sun Mar 14 1993 G92J2541@GIRAFFE.RU.AC.ZA MS MP JOSHUA Sun Mar 14 1993 g92j2541@hippo.ru.ac.za Ms MP Joshua Sun Mar 14 1993 G92R4736@GIRAFFE.RU.AC.ZA MS DJ ROBB Sat Mar 13 1993 LBSR@GIRAFFE.RU.AC.ZA MS SCT ROWOLDT Sat Mar 13 1993 MSAINS@SUNBIRD.RU.AC.ZA PROF M SAINSBURY Sat Mar 13 1993 TMHENE@SUNBIRD.RU.AC.ZA MS TSITSI MHENE Fri Mar 12 1993 zowm@hippo.ru.ac.za Ms W.J. Muller Sun Mar 14 1993

There are several systems at Rhodes that support e-mail:

hippo.ru.ac.za - a Sun IPC used for general Unix computing kudu.ru.ac.za - a Sun ELC used for general Unix computing alpha.ru.ac.za - a Sun server used by the Comp Sci Dept (this is a mail hub for several other Sun's) gauss.ru.ac.za - a Sun IPC used by the Geography Dept ruchem.ru.ac.za - a Micro-Vax used by Chemistry and Physics ibis.ru.ac.za - an ADDS Mentor used by the Information Systems Dept

In addition, there are several Novell systems which can receive e-mail via Charon gateways:

CALNET.RU.AC.ZA - Computer Aided Learning Network GIRAFFE.RU.AC.ZA - general usage IWR.RU.AC.ZA - Institute for Water Research SIRIUS.RU.AC.ZA - St. Andrews College (a local private school) SUNBIRD.RU.AC.ZA - Information Systems Department THOTH.RU.AC.ZA - Journalism Department WARTHOG.RU.AC.ZA - general usage

In most cases user names are formed in two ways:

- members of staff have a 4 character user name, the first two of which are the Department code, the second two being the initials.

- students have usernames based on their student numbers - these reflect the year the student first registered at Rhodes.

However, certain departmental systems have their own naming schemes which do not fit into the above pattern.

In all cases, if you do not retrieve any useful information from the "Horton" server, e-mail addressed to "postmaster" at any of the above systems will put you in touch with a human who will be able to assist.

ZA DOMAIN ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA

# Score Source Title Lines 001: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D admin.sun.ac.za4 002: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D admin.und.ac.za4 003: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D alt.za4 004: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D anneks.sun.ac.za4 005: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D ars.sun.ac.za4 006: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D aztec.co.za4 007: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D begroot.sun.ac.za4 008: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D cc.und.ac.za4 009: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D cc.unp.ac.za4 010: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D civ.wits.ac.za4 011: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D cma.uct.ac.za4 012: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D cs.uct.ac.za4 013: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D cs.und.ac.za4 014: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D cs.unp.ac.za4 015: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D cs.up.ac.za4 016: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D cs.wits.ac.za4 017: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D csir.co.za4 018: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D ee.uct.ac.za4 002: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D admin.und.ac.za 019: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D ee.und.ac.za 020: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D ee.upac.z 021: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D ee.wits.ac.za 022: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D eopsaa.uci.edu 023: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D ford.ee.up.ac.za 024: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D frcs.alt 025: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D geo.uct.ac.za 026: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D gly.uct.ac.za 027: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D itg.sun.ac.za 028: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D its.uct.ac.za 029: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D ittd.sun.ac.za 030: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D lasernet.co.za 031: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D lib.und.ac.za 032: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D mep.ac.za 033: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D mech.und.ac.za 034: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D med.und 035: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D mikom.csir.co.za 036: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D mth.uct.ac.za 037: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D nac.ac.za 038: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D oliveco 039: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D paradigm.co.za 040: [1000] (domain-organiza) %D ph.und.ac.za


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