Computers, Internet

High and low technical information on the Internet and the World Wide Web
(also see Home Pages)

1. Orginizations

1.1 Official Internet

1.2 Domain Name Registration Companies

1.3 Organizations - Internet related

1.4 Other Net-Related Home Pages

2. Cultural

3. Gateways

4. ISP's and Web Hosting

4.1 Domain Name Registration

4.2 Municipal Broadband Fiber To The Home

4.3 Web Hosting Only

4.4 ISPs and Hosting

5. Search Engines

5.1 About

5.2 Meta-Search (multiple search engines)

5.3 Special

5.4 General

5.5 More Search Engines

5.6 Multi-Submission Search Engines

5.7 Search Engine Registration

6. High-Level Information

6.1 Browsers, Editors, Etc

6.2 Standards

6.3 Web Control Programs

6.4 Web Growth & History

6.5 Examples of non-English sites

6.6 Intersting Applications

7. Low Level Technical

7.1 FAQS & General

7.2 Cgi-bin & Forms

7.3 E-Mail

7.3.1 Mime Types

7.4 HTML

7.4.1 Creating

7.4.2 Misc Stuff

7.4.3 Validation

7.4.4 Good Samples

7.5 Port Forwarding via SSH

7.6 RFC Archives

7.7 Security

7.8 Web Servers

7.9 Robots, Knowbots, etc.

7.10 E-Commerce

7.11 TCP/IP

7.11.1 General

7.11.2 Network Control

7.11.2.1 General

7.11.2.2 Routing, Filtering, and NAT/Masquerade

7.11.2.3 Security and Reverse Lookups

7.11.2.4 Traffic Shaping

7.11.2.5 Authentication And Control

7.11.2.6 Sockets

7.11.3 IPv6

7.11.4 VPN

7.12 Webmaster Stuff

7.13 Web Ratings

7.14 VRML

Hits since 2002-09-10:

• 1. Orginizations

  • 1.1 Official Internet

  • InterNIC [2000-08]
    The top level domain name registration.
    • Domain name Search
      Search without going through commercial service that may pirate name from you.
  • IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority [2001-03]
    Dedicated to preserving the central coordinating functions of the global Internet for the public good.
  • The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers [2001-05]
  • Internet Engineering Task Force [2001-09]
    For those concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture
  • W2C: World Wide Web Consortium [2004-03]
    Develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.
    • W3 Hypertext Transfer Protocol [2004-03]
    
     

  • 1.2 Domain Name Registration Companies

    
     

  • 1.3 Organizations - Internet related

  • HTML Writer's Guild [1995-08]
  • OpenContent [2003-04]
    Open Content and Open Publication license
  • Creative Commons [2003-04]
    Devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others to build upon and share.
  • 
    2003-04
     

  • 1.4 Other Net-Related Home Pages

  • Other Home Pages [1996-06]
    See my web page just for home pages
  • Cyber Geography Research [2001-12]
    Exploring the geographies of the Internet, the Web and other emerging Cyberspaces.
  • ANA Spoofer Project at MIT [2006-01]
  • ETSI - Telecom Standards [2001-06]
  • Internet Archive [2002-01]
    Surf the Internet as it was
  • Net World Map Project [2000-11]
    A geographical map of the Internet. Reverse IP address geographic lookup.
  • PayPal [2001-12]
     

• 2. Cultural

• Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us [2007-10]
   

• 3. Gateways

• Big Foot [2002-02]
   

• 4. ISP's and Web Hosting

  • 4.1 Domain Name Registration

  • Speed Names [2001-08]
    Networks largest NIC network in country
  • Name Savers [2001-06]
    Protecting brand names, domain names and designs
     

  • 4.2 Municipal Broadband Fiber To The Home

    
     

  • 4.3 Web Hosting Only

  • Creative Records [2004-03]
    Lots of features and low costs. Domain registration as well.
  • iPowerWeb [2002-07]
  • Hosting from $6.95/monthly [2001-11]
  • POW web hosting [2001-10]
    (saw banner for $7.77/month)
  • AHB - Wholesale web hosting solutions for webmasters and resellers [2001-07]
  • Hostica.com [2001-06]
    Just archiving a site I've seen. Includes domain pointer. No ads or banners.
  • WebSite.ws [2001-08]
    An alternative Top Level Domain (see IANA database for Western Samoa)
     

  • 4.4 ISPs and Hosting

  • Exit 109 [1996-09]
    Atlantic Internet
  • List of ISP's in 732 area code [2003-06]
     

• 5. Search Engines

  • 5.1 About

    
     

  • 5.2 Meta-Search (multiple search engines)

  • Infospace [2002-10]
    Returned bundled by search engine
     

  • 5.3 Special

  • The Open Directory Project [2002-01]
    The largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
     

  • 5.4 General

  • AltaVista [1994-03]
    Good depth
    • Advanced search [2002-09]
  • Google Search [2001-10]
    A nice good search with good all around depth
    • Advanced search [2001-10]
      Very good for people who do not understand "boolean" search expressions
  • About.com [2001-03]
    Expert guidance from real people searching for the best the Internet has to offer in games music travel maps jobs free stuff books news chat strategy auctions airlines gifts weather links cds movies and more.
    • Ask Jeeves for Kids [1999-11]
  • Yahoo! [1995]
    For pop culture and product searches
     

  • 5.5 More Search Engines

  • Web Top [2001-05]
    (8.5)
  • Jayde.com [2001-05]
    (8)
  • The whatUseek Network [2001-05]
    (8.5)
  • Scrub The Web [2001-05]
    (7.5)
  • Northern Light Search [2001-05]
    Natural language (8.5)
     

  • 5.6 Multi-Submission Search Engines

  • InfoSpace [2001-05]
    Searches, services, information. (9)
     

  • 5.7 Search Engine Registration

    
     

• 6. High-Level Information

  • 6.1 Browsers, Editors, Etc

  • Netscape Home Page [1995-11]
  • Lynx Browser
    • Lynx Browser Home Page [2002-01]
    • Dehanced For Lynx [2002-01]
      Pages that that Lynx can not properly work with 9how not to write web pages)
    
     

  • 6.2 Standards

  • ISO-3166 International Country Codes
    Official ISO page
     

  • 6.3 Web Control Programs

  • SafeSurf [2001-08]
    The original Internet rating system
  • SurfWatch [1995-08]
    software which helps parents, educators and employers reduce the risk of children and others uncovering sexually explicit material on the Internet.
  • Internet privacy advocates [2001-09]
     

  • 6.4 Web Growth & History

  • GVU Center - NSFNET Statistics & packet counts for WWW traffic-monthly tables. [1995-02]
  • Internet Archaeology: Documents from Early History [2001-05]
     

  • 6.5 Examples of non-English sites

  • Collection `WWW Entry BOKU Wien'
     

  • 6.6 Intersting Applications

  • w3mir [2004-04]
    Mirror web sites
     

• 7. Low Level Technical

  • 7.1 FAQS & General

  • Webref.info [2004-01]
    The ultimate reference to web development languages.
    • site map [2001-10]
    
     

  • 7.2 Cgi-bin & Forms

  • Matt's Script Archive, Inc. [2003-05]
    Free Perl CGI Scripts
  • Server Side Includes [1995-05]
  • FastCGI [2001-15]
    Official home page for FastCGI
     

  • 7.3 E-Mail

    • 7.3.1 Mime Types

    • The Mime Information Page [2001-11]
       

  • 7.4 HTML

    • 7.4.1 Creating

    • Sitepoint CSS [2008-05]
    • CSS [2008-05]
    • CSS Discuss Wiki [2008-05]
      • CssHacks [2008-05]
      • Using Percent [2008-05]
    • Trifecta Rollover Buttons [2008-06]
      Web credible
    • W3Schools.com [2007-12]
      Large collection of free HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, XML, XHTML, WAP, ASP, SQL tutorials with lots of working, on-line, examples and source code.
      • HTML Color Names [2007-12]
    • Liquid Design [2007-12]
      True Any Browser techniques
    • HTML Code Tutorial [2003-04]
      Free Reference Guide for Help with HTML
    • HTML 4.0 [2003-03]
    • ISO 8859-1 character references [2002-01]
      Shows the standard &xxxx; escape codes
    • "Best Viewed With Any Browser" Campain [1996-05]
      "Anyone who slaps a 'this page is best viewed with Browser X' label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network."
       

    • 7.4.2 Misc Stuff

    • Activating Browser Modes With Doctype [2008-05]
      CSS Quirks Mode, Standard Mode, Almost Standards Mode
    • Sitepoint's Standards Mode, Quirks Mode, and Doctype Sniffing [2008-05]
    • JavaScript Quirk Mode [2007-12]
      Lots of info on JavaScript
       

    • 7.4.3 Validation

    • NetMechanic [1995]
      Free and subscription services.
      Excellent practical validation.
      • Check with custom spelling dictionary [2001-05]
    • W3 HTML Validation Service [1995-05]
      Very fussy validation for official HTML rules
    • Watchfire [2004-01]
       

    • 7.4.4 Good Samples

    • eMag [2002-01]
      Nice moving menu box
    • Webpirations [2001-03]
      Cursor Trailor Text- By Peter Gehrig (http://www.24fun.ch/)
    • Comm Vault Systems [2001-05]
      Interesting Menus
    • ProSavvy [2001-08]
      Sample DHTML
    • Fram Oil Filters, Auto Parts [2001-05]
      Menus
    • ExoSci [2001-05]
      Style sheets
       

  • 7.5 Port Forwarding via SSH

  • Port forwarding with SSH/Putty [2008-07]
  • Real Programmers: Hack: SSH: Tunneling [2008-07]
    by hackers, for hackers
  • Sharing (tunneling) Samba/CIFS/SMB file systems over SSH withou disabling file sharing [2008-07]
  • Using ssh Port Forwarding to Print at Remote Locations [2008-07]
  • SMTP via a SSH tunnel using xinetd [2008-07]
     

  • 7.6 RFC Archives

  • RFC Editor [2001-05]
    "Official" RFC site?
    • RFC Search [2001-05]
      Searching and Retrieving RFCs from the RFC Editor Site
    • RFC 791: Internet Protocol Specification
    • RFC 854: Telnet Protocol Specification
    • RFC 1350: FTP: File Transfer protocol (revision 2)
    • RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets
    • RFC 1939: POP3: Post Office Protocol - V3
    • RFC 1945: HTTP Protocol Specification V3; HTTP/1.0
    • RFC 2060: IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol - V4 [2002-11]
    • RFC 2251: LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [2002-09]
      • RFC 2252: Attribute Syntax Definitions [2002-09]
      • RFC 2253: UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names [2002-09]
      • RFC 2254: The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters [2002-09]
      • RFC 2255: The LDAP URL Format [2002-09]
      • RFC 2256: A Summary of the X.500(96) User Schema for use with LDAPv3 [2002-09]
    • RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP/1.1 [2002-09]
      • RFC 2617: HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication [2002-09]
    • RFC 2821: SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (obsoletes RFC 821) [2001-09]
    • RFC Humor Index
      RFCs published on April-01 of a year can make for interesting reading
      • RFC-0439: PARRY encounters the DOCTOR [2006-05]
        AI is not very I
      • RFC-0527: ARPAWOCKY [2006-05]
        Beware the ARPANET, my son; The bits that byte, the heads that scratch;
      • RFC-0748: Telnet randomly-lose option [2006-05]
        If the server wants to provide random lossage, it must frst sk for permsion frm the usr bynding...
      • RFC-0968: Twas the night before start-up [2006-05]
        Twas the night before start-up and all through the net, not a packet was moving; no bit nor octet.
      • RFC-1097: Telnet subliminal-message option [2006-05]
        "Message of the day" banners and newsletters is insufficient to convince stubborn users to...
      • RFC-1121: Act one - the poems [2006-05]
        poems presented at "Act One" on the 20th anniversary of the ARPANET.
      • RFC-1149^exp Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams on avian carriers (Updated by RFC-2549) [2006-05]
        Avian carriers can provide high delay, low throughput, and low altitude service.
      • RFC-1216: Gigabit network economics and paradigm shifts [2006-05]
        circuit services operating in the 0.01 uGbps region
      • RFC-1217: Memo from the Consortium for Slow Commotion Research (CSCR) [2006-05]
      • RFC-1313: Today's Programming for KRFC AM 1313 Internet Talk Radio [2006-05]
      • RFC-1437: The Extension of MIME Content-Types to a New Medium [2006-05]
      • RFC-1438: Internet Engineering Task Force Statements Of Boredom (SOBs) [2006-05]
      • RFC-1605: SONET to Sonnet Translation [2006-05]
      • RFC-1606: A Historical Perspective On The Usage Of IP Version 9 [2006-05]
      • RFC-1607: A VIEW FROM THE 21ST CENTURY [2006-05]
      • RFC-1776: The Address is the Message [2006-05]
      • RFC-1882: The 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas [2006-05]
      • RFC-1924: A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses [2006-05]
      • RFC-1925: The Twelve Networking Truths [2006-05]
      • RFC-1926: An Experimental Encapsulation of IP Datagrams on Top of ATM [2006-05]
      • RFC-1927: Suggested Additional MIME Types for Associating Documents [2006-05]
      • RFC-2100: The Naming of Hosts [2006-05]
      • RFC-2321: RITA -- The Reliable Internetwork Troubleshooting Agent [2006-05]
      • RFC-2322: Management of IP numbers by peg-dhcp [2006-05]
      • RFC-2323: IETF Identification and Security Guidelines [2006-05]
      • RFC-2324: Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0) [2006-05]
      • RFC-2325: Definitions of Managed Objects for Drip-Type Heated Beverage Hardware Devices using SMIv2 [2006-05]
      • RFC-2369: Definitions of "Safe" characters in URL [2007-05]
      • RFC-2549: IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service [2006-05]
      • RFC-2550: Y10K and Beyond [2006-05]
      • RFC-2551: The Roman Standards Process -- Revision III [2006-05]
      • RFC-2795: The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite (IMPS) [2006-05]
      • RFC-3091: Pi Digit Generation Protocol [2006-05]
      • RFC-3092: Etymology of "Foo" [2006-05]
      • RFC-3093: Firewall Enhancement Protocol (FEP) [2006-05]
      • RFC-3251: Electricity over IP [2006-05]
      • RFC-3252: Binary Lexical Octet Ad-hoc Transport [2006-05]
      • RFC-3514: The Security Flag in the IPv4 Header [2006-05]
        All about the "Evil Bit"
      • RFC-3751: Omniscience Protocol Requirements [2006-05]
    
     

  • 7.7 Security

  • To Defeat A Malicious Botnet Build Friendly One [2008-04]
    New Scientist
    • Original Article [2008-04]
  • Encryption and Security Tutorial [2006-08]
     

  • 7.8 Web Servers

  • Apache Web Server [1998-04-18]
    most popular server on the net
    • SSL/TLS Strong Encryption: An Introduction [2004-03]
    • SSL/TLS Strong Encryption: FAQ [2004-03]
    • Apache Modules Registery [2004-11]
      Apache modules that are not part of the Apache distribution
    • Apache Reference Card [2001-06]
  • SSL
    • mod_ssl for Apache [2004-11]
      (this is not Apache-SSL... see following)
    • Apache SSL [2004-11]
      (this is not Apache mod_ssl: see previous)
  • NCSA httpd Homepage [1995-05]
    (official documentation)
     

  • 7.9 Robots, Knowbots, etc.

  • Robotstext.org [2002-10]
    the main source for information on the robots.txt Robots Exclusion Standard and other articles about writing well-behaved Web robots.
    • A Standard for Robot Exclusion [2002-10]
  • Robots.txt Exclusion Standard Information [2002-08]
    • Robots.txt tutorial [2002-08]
    
     

  • 7.10 E-Commerce

  • Network Payment Mechanisms and Digital Cash [1995-02]
     

  • 7.11 TCP/IP

    • 7.11.1 General

    • The Hacker's Choice
      Security suites for IPv4 and IPv6
    • The IMAP Connection [2002-1]
      Information about IMAP (RFC 2060)
       

    • 7.11.2 Network Control

      • 7.11.2.1 General

      • Linux Networking-HOWTO [2001-05]
         

      • 7.11.2.2 Routing, Filtering, and NAT/Masquerade

      • Routing
        • Click Modular Router Project [2001-07]
          From MIT LCS's Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems group
        • GNU Zebra Free routing software [2001-05]
          1
      • Filtering
        • Linux IP Masquerade Resource [2001-07]
          Official IP Masquarade site
      • Application Layer Packet Classifier/Shaping for Linux [2003-05]
         

      • 7.11.2.3 Security and Reverse Lookups

      • Free Services
        • Net World Map [2001-08]
      • Subscription Services
        • ClearCommerce [2002-03]
          Real-time, payment and risk management software
        • E-Consumer [2002-03]
          Your site for cross border e-commerce complaint (official multi-government site)
        • Quova [2002-03]
          Internet Infrastructure Intelligence (includes ads)
        
         

      • 7.11.2.4 Traffic Shaping

      • Linux Traffic Shaper [2001-05]
        from Linux Weekley News (1998)
      • O'Reily Network: Traffic Shaping [2001-05]
        Linux shapecfg and QoS Packet Scheduling/RSVP (2000-08-24)
         

      • 7.11.2.5 Authentication And Control

      • freeRADIUS [2001-05]
        GPL'd RADIUS server
      • Linux-PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux) [2001-06]
         

      • 7.11.2.6 Sockets

        
         

    • 7.11.3 IPv6

    • IPv6 Home Page [2000-07]
      Next Generation Internet Protocol
       

    • 7.11.4 VPN

    • The PPTP Client Project [2002-05]
      (Microsoft style VPN?)
      • How to Red-Hat [2002-05]
      
       

  • 7.12 Webmaster Stuff

  • How to redirect a web page, the smart way [2008-01]
    Server 301 redirects
  • Internet Tips and Secrets [2001-08]
    Lots of security stuff for webmasters and normal surfers
  • Spam Stoppers
    • Habeas [2003-05]
      Using the Habeas system helps us to ensure that the email we send isn't mistakenly blocked as "spam"
      • Wired News: Haiku'da Been a Spam Filter [2003-05]
    • Wired News [2003-05]
      • How Antispam Software Workes [2003-04]
        Wired Magazine
      • ISP's Up the Ante in Spam Fight [2003-06]
        Anti-spam technologies
      • Wired News: Spam Offers: Some Legit, Most Not [2003-06]
  • Bayesian Filtering
    • Better Bayesian Filtering [2003-04]
      (improvement on A Plan For Spam)
    • Google's List [2003-05]
  • Webcredible - web usability & accessiblity consultancy [2007-12]
    Lots of neat tips
    • Resources [2007-12]
    • Webcredible cartoon series [2007-12]
  • Word Tracker [2001-12]
    Determine the best keywords for your web site
     

  • 7.13 Web Ratings

  • Internet content Rating Association [2002-01]
  • Safe Surf [2002-01]
     

  • 7.14 VRML

    
     

This information was gathered by Gilbert Healton for his personal use and is without warranty of any kind whatsoever. Use at your own risk.

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