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Article #226Re: Connect to Internet in Brisbane
From: Geoff Huston
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1992 00:17
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1992 00:17
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In article <BuwC26.Kq3@inform.co.nz>, david@inform.co.nz (David Paulo) writes:
|> We wish to be able to exchange mail with a company located in Brisbane,
|> Australia. We are connected to the internet via a uucp connection and the
|> company we wish to 'talk' to will most probably also use a uucp connection
|> to an internet node. We are therefore seeking a site in Brisbane already
|> on the internet willing to act as a connection point for the company in
|> question.
|>
|> Interested sites please respond via email or fax with your scale of tarriffs
|> and other details.
|>
|> Preferred connection is likely to be via 9600 baud mnp 5 dialup modem
Of course you can set this up using private IDD dialup across the Tasman (or
other private or public offerings).
If you wish to use the Internet (and AARNet within Australia) as the
underlying transport mechanism then the Australian entity will need to become
an Affiliate Member of AARNet.
Details of the Affiliate Membership program are attached to this message.
cheers,
--
Geoff Huston, e-mail: G.Huston@aarnet.edu.au
Manager, phone: +61 6 249 3542
Australian Academic Research Network fax: +61 6 249 1369
Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee
(A.C.N. 008 502 930)
The Australian Academic and Research Network
E-mail: AARNet@AARNet.edu.au
Telephone: (06) 249 3385
Fax: (06) 249 1369
Postal: GPO Box 1142, CANBERRA, ACT 2601
Connections to the Australian Academic and Research Network
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1. Introduction
The Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) is a private
telecommunications network service operated under the auspices of the Australian
Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) as a service to the participating member
institutions of the AVCC and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Organisation (CSIRO). Its objective is the provision of dedicated
telecommunications services in support of members' research, academic and
service activities. In addition, AARNet provides telecommunications services to
other organisations under this general brief.
This document details the procedures, terms and conditions for connections to
the Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet).
In this document the member institutions of the funding bodies (AVCC and CSIRO)
are termed Members of AARNet. Other organisations and bodies connecting to
AARNet are termed Affiliate Members of AARNet.
In providing AARNet access to Affiliate Members the objectives of AARNet are to:
further the opportunities available to Higher Education Institutions
(HEIs) and CSIRO through assisting collaborative activities via a common
network infrastructure;
enable vendors to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of their
support to the HEIs and CSIRO;
facilitate the dissemination of science, technology and humanities
information through Australia in the direct support of the role of the
HEIs and CSIRO within this country;
improve access to, and the quality of, information services of interest
to the HEIs and CSIRO; and
encourage broad Australian participation in the development of a common
network infrastructure realising benefits to the national academic and
research endeavour through economies of scale.
2. Services Provided by AARNet
There are two basic connection services offered by AARNet to Affiliate Members;
Mail Affiliate Membership, which enables an affiliate organisation to
exchange electronic mail with AARNet. Other services that may be layered
above electronic mail transfer or similar store-forward messaging-based
connections, such as network NEWS, can also be used.
Network Affiliate Membership, which provides full TCP/IP network-layer
connectivity to AARNet and the peer networks that make up the Internet.
The full range of services supportable by TCP/IP are available to network
affiliate members, including remote login, file transfer, electronic mail
and access to on-line information servers just to name a few.
It is important to note that AARNet simply provides interconnections between the
local area networks of its client members and other networks within Australia
and overseas. AARNet itself does not provide services to end-users; it enables
users of systems that are connected to AARNet to access resources and services
made available by other members of the network. Thus, there is no AARNet userid
and password - access to AARNet is obtained by providing some form of
communications link between the computing facilities at your site and either a
mail gateway system (for mail affiliate membership) or an AARNet network gateway
(for network affiliate membership).
Furthermore, AARNet is a member network of the Internet, an interconnection of
many networks that use the TCP/IP network protocol to provide direct access to
thousands of organisations throughout the world. Any system connected to the
Internet at the network level (eg. through AARNet network affiliate membership)
can both access, and be accessed by, any other system that is also connected to
the Internet using any of the TCP/IP services listed above (assuming they have
been granted authority to do so). The Internet also interconnects with many
other networks, making it possible to exchange electronic mail with users of
research and general access networks such as;
BITNET
JANET
UUCP Networks including USENET
and commercial networks such as;
Keylink
Dialcom
Compuserve
Dialog
AT&T Mail
MCI Mail
For users that wish to use electronic mail only occasionally, or that have
little existing computing infrastructure or funding to support a full scale
AARNet mail or network affiliate connection, it is possible to send electronic
mail to/from AARNet, and connected networks, through Telecom Australia's Keylink
electronic messaging service or via a commercial network provider Pegasus
Networks. These organisations can be contacted as follows:
Keylink
Telecom Plus
Tel: 008 032 333
Pegasus Networks
Pegasus Networks
Tel: 066 856 789
Finally, it is not the intent of AARNet to provide telecommunications services
to Affiliate Members at a level of charges where AARNet is subsidising such
services, nor is it intended that the total costs of the network project be
funded through the Affiliate Membership program. The underlying principle of
the charge schedules relating to Affiliate Membership of AARNet is to reflect
the actual costs associated with the service as far as is feasible. In so
doing, the charging model adopted by AARNet is that of fixed annual charges to
Affiliate Members of AARNet - there are no usage based charges.
3. AARNet Mail Affiliate Membership
3.1 Introduction
Electronic mail is the most ubiquitous of all network based applications. One
of the reasons it is so widely deployed is that the community of users to which
electronic mail can be addressed includes not only the members of the local
network, but all the members of any other connected networks. To enable
dissimilar networks to exchange electronic mail, gateways are used to translate
mail messages from one network environment to another.
When electronic mail must traverse a gateway to reach its final destination, the
message is usually passed in a store and forward fashion. That is, after a
sender posts a message, it is not passed directly to the recipient, but may in
fact be stored on intermediate systems for a period of time, before being
forwarded on to other gateways or its final destination. Well implemented mail
gateways make this process transparent to the end user, so that it appears that
any recipient, regardless of which network they are ultimately connected to, is
addressable from any other network. It is this methodology that underpins
AARNet Mail Affiliate membership.
Store and forward messaging systems typically include additional applications as
well as electronic mail. Electronic News services are commonly hosted above
such systems, and many also include variants of file transfer services.
3.2 Description
There are a number of ways of establishing a connection between systems to
support the exchange of electronic mail. The major point to note is that there
need not necessarily be a direct physical connection between the member
organisation and AARNet to send or receive mail. There is also no requirement
for dedicated leased physical circuits to send or receive mail - intermittent
dial- up lines are also generally adequate to manage the traffic requirements of
mail exchange. Thus the connection model between AARNet and other sites
receiving electronic mail may take a number of forms as shown below:
+-----------+
| AARNet |
+-----------+
|
+---------------+
| AARNet Router |
+---------------+ +-------------------+
| |Mail Gateway System|
| +-------------------+
| Member Site LAN | | |Leased
---------------------------------------- |Line
| +------------+
Dial-up |Mail |
Line| |Affiliate |
|Member |
+ - - - + +------------+
| |
| Dial-up |
+------------+ Line| |Leased
|Mail | |Line
|Affiliate | | |
|Member | |
+------------+ | |
+------------+ +------------+
|Mail | |Mail |
|Affiliate | |Affiliate |
|Member | |Member |
+------------+ +------------+
AARNet Mail Affiliate Membership - Connection Models
Note that in the above diagram the only service directly provided to the Mail
Affiliate Members by AARNet is that of a backbone e-mail transportation service.
It simply allows AARNet to be used to transport electronic mail to and from the
affiliate member's site, which interfaces to AARNet via a gateway operated by a
third party organisation that provides store-forward messaging services.
AARNet implements this service by installing a mail exchange (MX) record within
the Internet domain name system. The domain name system is a distributed
database that is consulted by Internet mailing systems during the process of
mail transmission. The MX record for a mail affiliate organisation's electronic
mail address contains the the name of the appropriate gateway to which Internet
electronic mail should be sent in order to reach its ultimate destination.
Absence of an MX record implies that the mail address is invalid and
transmission attempts should not proceed. This messaging service extends not
only to other AARNet member organisations, but also to peer international
academic and research networks as described above.
However, other than the gateway specific services noted above (e-mail, news,
basic file transfer capabilities), network services such as remote login and
access to on-line information services are NOT provided, nor is the actual
gateway service to the mail affiliate member a service provided by AARNet
itself.
A number of Universities and commercial organisations provide mail affiliate
gateway services in all states of Australia. The type of gateway service will
vary from provider to provider, as will the fee associated with the provision of
the gateway service. Regardless of who provides the gateway service however, the
basic operational model is essentially the same. All electronic mail destined
for the mail affiliate's e-mail address is forwarded (via the MX record) to the
named gateway system where it is spooled on disk until it is either collected
by, or delivered to, the mail affiliate. The actual method used by the mail
affiliate to collect or receive their spooled mail from the gateway site, and to
post outgoing mail into AARNet, is a matter for negotiation between the gateway
and the mail affiliate. Typically this is based on a some network protocol over
a dial-up phone connection, such as MHSnet (available from MHS Systems Pty Ltd)
or UUCP (the UNIX to UNIX Copy Program).
A summary of gateway services currently in use by AARNet Mail Affiliates is
attached, as is a list of gateway service providers.
3.3 AARNet Charges for Mail Affiliate Members
For this mail service the following schedule of charges are applicable for 1992
1 $1,000 p.a. General mail affiliate category.
2 $4,000 p.a. Established high volume category (over 4Mb/month).
3 Higher amounts by special arrangement due to volume considerations.
Charges are based on membership for a calendar. Membership renewals are posted
in November of each year.
3.4 Summary
An organisation wishing to have AARNet perform a mail delivery transport service
on their behalf as a Mail Affiliate Member of AARNet would be liable for the
following charges;
1. An annual charge payable to the AVCC for the provision of a mail
transport service, implemented through the provision of a mail exchange
record within the Internet domain name system enabling delivery of
electronic mail from AARNet and attached international networks to the
organisation (as per the schedule above)
2. Any charges as may be levied by the organisation or institution which
provides the actual gateway service between AARNet and the mail affiliate
applicant. This is outside the control and responsibility of AARNet.
3. Any license charges for messaging software to support the connection
which is compatible with the relevant service gateway.
4. Telecommunications carrier charges for the actual telecommunications link
used to deliver the mail. This is outside the control and responsibility
of AARNet.
In consideration of the AARNet charge, AARNet will undertake to maintain a mail
directory entry which will direct incoming electronic mail to the gateway
system(s) which the organisation nominates. There is no other undertaking made
by AARNet in terms of reliability of mail delivery or any other form of
undertaking in consideration of the payment to AARNet for the mail directory
entry.
Organisations that wish to apply for AARNet Mail Affiliate Membership should
first contact one of the listed gateway service providers to establish a
store-forward link to AARNet and the details necessary to establish an MX record
such as the name of the gateway system and an appopriate electronic mail address
for your organisation. The attached application form should then be completed
and forwarded to the AVCC with payment (or a request to be invoiced).
3.5 Mail Gateway Services
MHSnet
MHSnet is the commercial implementation of the networking protocols used to
implement ACSnet. It runs only on UNIX systems and is widely deployed within
Australia. MHSnet provides a number of other facilities in addition to
electronic mail, including file transfer and the transmission of network news
between other systems running MHSnet. Available from:
Message Handling Systems Pty. Ltd.
1st Floor
2 King Street
Newtown NSW 2042
Tel: (02) 550 4448
Fax: (02) 519 2551
PHONEnet
PHONEnet is a dial-up protocol for use with Digital's VAX/VMS systems. It is
distributed with the excellent PMDF mail package which is available from:
The PMDF Project
Information Technology Services
Thomas Cherry Building
University of Melbourne
Information Technology Services
Parkville VIC 3052
Tel: (03) 3447045
Fax: (03) 347 4803
SLIP (Serial Line TCP/IP Protocol)
By using TCP/IP to establish a point to point connection to the gateway system,
a link can be engineered at relatively low cost since TCP/IP is incorporated
into all UNIX systems and is available from the public domain for PC and
Macintosh systems. Many commercial E-mail packages support links to TCP/IP
networks via TCP/IP's Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
UUCP
The UNIX to UNIX Copy Program (UUCP) is part of every UNIX system and versions
are also available for just about every other system including PCs and
Macintoshes. Some commercial E-mail packages also support UUCP connections to
gateways and servers. Not widely deployed within Australia.
Dial-Up Terminals
As an alternative to transfering electronic mail to the mail affiliate's site,
some gateway service providers offer clients the option of establishing a
dial-up terminal session with the gateway system itself to read and compose
messages.
Other Services
Some gateway service providers provide, or may be able to provide, links to
proprietary electronic mail systems such as QuickMail.
3.6 Mail Gateway Service Providers
Victoria
University of Melbourne
Information Technology Services
Chris Chaundy
Tel: 03 344 7045
Fax: 03 347 4803
Services: Phonenet, SLIP
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Electronic Communications Group
Val Freda
Tel: 03 660 2926
Fax: 03 660 2499
Services: MHSnet
Deakin University
Computing & Communications Services
Craig Warren
Tel: (052) 27 1163
Fax: (052) 27 2010
Services: UUCP, ACSnet, SLIP, PPP
Latrobe University
Computing Services Department
Phil County,
Tel: 03 479 1500
Fax: 03 479 1999
Services: MHSnet
connect.com.ay Pty Ltd
Hugh Irvine
Tel: 03 528 2239
Fax: 03 528 5887
Services: UUCP, MHSnet, SLIP/PPP
New South Wales
University of Sydney
University Computer Centre
David Phipps
Tel: (02) 692 3491
Fax: (02) 660 6557
Services: MHSnet, SLIP
University of New South Wales
Computing Services Department
Phil Cohen
Tel: 02 697 2926
Fax: 02 662 8665
Services: MHSnet
University of Technology, Sydney
Communication Services Branch
Anne Mikita or Patrick Herlihy
Tel: 02 330 1990
Fax: 02 330 1994
Services: MHSnet, SLIP, Quickmail
University of Wollongong
Department of Computer Science
Stephen Cliffe
Tel: 042 21 3810
Fax: 042 21 3262
Services: MHSnet
University of Newcastle
David Morrison
Tel: 049 215397
Fax: 049 216910
Services: MHSnet
Message Handling Systems Pty Ltd
Elaine Pensabene
Tel: (02) 550 4448
Fax: (02) 519 2551
Services: MHSnet, UUCP
Queensland
University of Queensland
Prentice Centre
Wilber Williams
Tel: 07 365 4232
Fax: 07 365 4477
Services: MHSnet, SLIP, UUCP
Queensland University of Technology
Computing Services
Alan Agnew
Tel: 07 864 1703
Fax: 07 864 1808
Services: Phonenet
Griffith University
Information Technology Services
Greg Watson
Tel: 07 875 7468
Fax: 07 875 7877
Services: SLIP/PPP, Dial-up
Bond University
Computer Services
Chris Christoff
Tel: 075 95 1424
Fax: 075 95 1456
Services: MHSnet
South Australia
University of Adelaide
Information Technology Division
Mark Prior
Tel: 08 228 5680
Fax: 08 223 6245
Services: MHSnet, Phonenet, SLIP/PPP, Dial-up
University of South Australia
Rollo Ross
Tel: 08 302 3158
Fax: 08 302 3385
Services: Phonenet, Dial-up
Western Australia
University of Western Australia
Winthrop Technology
Julie Stout
Tel: 09 380 3505
Fax: 09 382 1688
Services: MHSnet, UUCP, SLIP, Dial-up
Tasmania
University of Tasmania
Computer Centre
Ray Jones
Tel: 002 202792
Fax: 002 231772
Services: MHSnet
Australian Capital Territory
Australian Defence Force Academy
Computer Centre
Geoff Collin
Tel: 06 268 8142
Fax: 06 268 8150
Services: MHSnet, UUCP
4. AARNet Network Affiliate Membership
4.1 Introduction
AARNet Network Affiliate Membership involves an organisation establishing a link
to AARNet using the network protocol TCP/IP (Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol). In so doing the connecting organisation enters
AARNet as a peer entity and has access to any and all services that can be
provided over the TCP/IP connection. Because AARNet is a member of the
Internet, network affiliate organisations also become Internet members.
4.2 Physical Connection
There are a number of means of interconnection to AARNet as shown in the
following figure:
+---------------------+
| AARNet |
+---------+-----------+
|
+-------------------+
|AARNet Regional Hub| Leased Line +--------------+
| Router |---------------------| Router |
+--------+----------+ +--------------+ (i)
| | LAN
| --------------------
| Affiliate Member Site
|
+--------+----------+ Leased Line +--------------+
|AARNet Regional |---------------------| SLIP System |
| SLIP Server |- - - + +--------------+ (ii)
+-------------------+ | LAN
| --------------------
Affiliate Member Site
|
Dial-up
|Line
+--------------+
+ - - - - - - -| SLIP System |
+--------------+ (iii)
| LAN
--------------------
Affiliate Member Site
The preferred method of connection to AARNet is via a leased line direct to the
relevant AARNet Regional Hub. There are AARNet Regional Hubs located in each
state/territory capital city.
The leased line service may be any form of synchronous digital transmission
service, including the Telecom DDS, DMS, Datel, or ISDN services. Terminating
the leased line is a gateway server, or router, which must be interoperable with
the AARNet cisco Systems router. Alternatives to a cisco router that AARNet has
confirmed are acceptable include Wellfleet routers and NAT B/280 routers. This
method of interconnection is shown as the first connection in the preceding
figure (i).
To support low speed, low cost asynchronous links, connections to an AARNet
Regional Hub SLIP server are available. This would normally take the form of a
9.6Kbps leased line (ii), or dial-up service (iii), using the Serial Line IP
Protocol (SLIP) or the Point-To-Point protocol (PPP). In this case a router is
not required at the affiliate members site but either a computer platform which
supports SLIP/PPP, or a terminal server with SLIP/PPP configured is required.
Where a link to the Regional Hub is impractical (far North Queensland, for
example), a link to a local AARNet AVCC member or CSIRO site may be considered
by AARNet. However as this implies that the Affiliate Member is sharing common
capacity with the host AARNet Member to connect to the Regional Hub, this method
of link may not be possible in all cases. Again in such a case a router is
required on the Affiliate Member site, or SLIP servers may be a practical
alternative. This method of interconnection requires the specific approval of
AARNet as well as the member institution involved in hosting the connection.
Where the connection is made to AARNet equipment there is a once-off connection
fee as described in the schedule of charges below. In addition, a annual
membership fee is payable, based on the effective bandwidth of the connection to
AARNet. No other charges are levied by the AVCC for the provision of network
affiliate membership. Where the connection is made to equipment owned and
operated by a university or CSIRO division, that university or CSIRO division
may charge for operational support services with respect to their end of the
connection.
Note that in all cases the prior approval of the AVCC to the type and method of
connection is required.
For Router to Router Connections AARNet must be informed of the link speed and
the type of interface required between the Telecom data transmission service and
the cisco router at the Regional Hub. Note that network affiliate member is
responsible for the ordering, installation, operation and maintenance of the
router at their site, and the Telecom services that connect it to the AARNet
Regional Hub. AARNet purchases, maintains and operates the hub itself,
including the interface that terminates the link to the network affiliate
member.
For connections to an AARNet SLIP server, details of the line speed, and the
termination equipment (ie. type of host and associated software and/or terminal
server) used by the network affiliate member at their site are required.
4.3 TCP/IP Network Numbers
All Internet network numbers in use must be numbers which have been allocated by
the Network Information Centre in the United States. If this is not the case
you are required to obtain a NIC-allocated network number before you may be
connected. AARNet can provide details on how this can be done and recommend that
it be undertaken as soon as practicable, even if your organisation is not
planning a connection to AARNet in the short or medium term.
AARNet must be advised of all Internet network numbers, and the associated
network names, in use by the network affiliate member. This information is
passed to the AARNet peer-networks in the United States that implement the
network routing controls allowing AARNet-connected networks to gain access to
the rest of the Internet. This process is known as obtaining "connected status"
for a network and can take some weeks. For this reason, AARNet asks that
organisations planning a network affiliate connection advise AARNet of their NIC
network numbers at the earliest opportunity.
Routing information will be exchanged between the AARNet hub router (or SLIP
router) using the Routing Information Protocol (RIP). Your gateway will receive
a default route from AARNet, and AARNet will only accept routing information for
your nominated network number(s). You should ensure the router that supports
your link to AARNet advertises routes to your organisationUs connected networks
(as described above) to AARNet using RIP.
4.4 Internet Domain Name System
The Network Affiliate Member must either maintain a Domain Name System (DNS)
server to support their portion of the Internet DNS or arrange for another site
to do so. This name server, and its associated secondary name servers, must
provide both name to number mappings and the reverse number to name mappings.
It is strongly recommended, for a number of technical reasons, that your
organisation register a name within one of the existing Australian second level
domains, namely;
GOV.AU for government organisations,
COM.AU for commercial organisations,
ORG.AU for organisations that do not fit the above categories, or
OZ.AU for organisations that wish to retain their old ACSnet name
AARNet will confirm that your organisation's requested domain name is unique
within the Internet domain name system and once name servers supporting this
domain are operational (every domain must have one primary and at least one
secondary name server) will assist in defining these servers to the rest of the
Internet. Example domain names include:
ANU.EDU.AU Australian National University
DOTC.GOV.AU Federal Department of Transport and Communications
SA.GOV.AU South Australian State Government
BHP.COM.AU Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd
SRI.ORG.AU Sugar Research Institute
SU.OZ.AU Sydney University
The reverse number mapping (in-addr.arpa. domain) must be registered with the
U.S. Network Information Centre (this cannot be done until your network
affiliate connection to AARNet is operational). AARNet can provide details on
how to go about this.
4.5 Security
Once connected to AARNet, your organisation has access to all the (considerable)
resources of the Internet. Unfortunately, all of the Internet also has access
to you.
To reduce the possibility of unauthorised access to systems under your control
there are a number of basic measures that should to be undertaken that are
applicable in any networked environment. The most fundamental are:
No account should ever have a null password.
Never provide guest accounts that do not require a password to obtain
access.
Ensure that your users use "good" passwords (ie. use combinations of
letters and digits, mixed upper and lower case, special symbols and avoid
simple words).
Be sure you understand the implications of offering network based services
that might allow remote systems to obtain sensitive data such as password
files
Read the sections on security in the manuals provided by your computer
vendor, and ensure you have installed all appropriate software bug fixes
and patches.
AARNet can provide additional reference papers to assist in the securing of UNIX
and VAX/VMS systems.
For organisations that require additional security, AARNet recommends the use of
a router based connection to AARNet. Routers such as the cisco and Wellfleet
products provide extensive access control mechanisms, that allow a site to
implement requirements such as "Disallow incoming remote logins from AARNet",
thereby engineering a network "firewall" between AARNet and the network
affiliate's site.
4.6 Network Applications
There are many applications that can make use of the AARNet network. The most
important of these in the first instance is electronic mail. You will need to
set up the electronic mail mail software at your site to send and receive
electronic mail directly using the information stored within the DNS (eg. using
MX records). It is not possible within the scope of this document to cover how
this needs to be done for all possible systems, but AARNet can provide some
guidance if your vendor supplied documentation is inadequate in this area.
Various AARNet papers and documents are held on-line on the system aarnet.edu.au
for collection using the Internet application anonymous ftp. These include
applications notes, security guidelines, usage statistics, copies of quarterly
reports and similar informational material. Please contact AARNet if you have
problems in accessing these documents.
4.8 AARNet Charges for Network Affiliate Members
The schedule of annual charges is based on effective bandwidth of the physical
connection into AARNet. There are no further incremental charges for use of
AARNet. The charges for 1992 are as follows:
Membership Fee (Annual)
$5,000 p.a. dial in at 9.6Kbps or lower
$8,000 p.a. 9.6Kbps capacity - leased line or permanent call
$15,000 p.a. 19.2Kbps capacity - leased line or permanent call
$25,000 p.a. 48Kbps capacity
$30,000 p.a. 64Kbps capacity
$45,000 p.a. 2Mb capacity
Higher capacity connections by arrangement with the AVCC.
Charges are based on membership for a calendar. Membership renewals are posted
in November of each year.
Connection Fee (Capital)
$3,500 Connection to a single AARNet cisco router interface
$1,000 Connection to a single AARNet SLIP/PPP server interface
4.9 Implementation of the AARNet Network Affiliate Membership Program
Organisations wishing to connect to AARNet via this service should read this
document carefully and then complete the application form attached and lodge it
with the Australian Vice-ChancellorsU Committee.
Each application must include a letter of sponsorship from an Australian
university or CSIRO division. The sponsor should indicate that there would be
benefit in having the network affiliate applicant organisation join AARNet and
that they support the application.
Following approval as an Affiliate Member of AARNet, AARNet will nominate a
connection point for a physical connection to AARNet, and provide advice as to
the method of connection.
The Affiliate Member is responsible for ordering a transmission service from
Telecom as appropriate, and the termination of transmission services on the
Affiliate Member site. AARNet is responsible for termination of the
transmission link within AARNet.
The Affiliate Member will be invoiced according to the effective bandwidth of
the connection to AARNet as per the charge schedule above. Additionally there
is an initial connection fee equal to the cost of equipment used to terminate
the link by AARNet.
4.9 Summary
The applicable charges are as follows;
1. An annual Affiliate Membership charge payable to the AVCC.
The scale of charges are set by the AVCC, and may be varied by the AVCC
from time to time. This charge will be invoiced by the AVCC for each
calendar year;
2. A single initial connection fee charged by the AVCC to cover the actual
cost of all equipment used by AARNet to terminate the network connection
within AARNet;
3. The cost of purchase and maintenance of network equipment on site which
is compatible with equipment used within AARNet.
4. Relevant telecommunications carrier charges for the actual
telecommunications link used to support the network connection to AARNet.
5. The cost of system and/or application software to support the TCP/IP
network protocol.
AARNet Mail Affiliate Membership Application
Organisations wishing to establish an electronic mail service to AARNet should
complete this application and return it to the Australian Vice-Chancellors
Committee at the address shown below. If you wish to be invoiced for the AARNet
Mail Affiliate Membership fee, please indicate this on your application.
Note that there may be other charges associated with an electronic mail service
as well as the AARNet Mail Affiliate Membership fee. These may include any
charges levied by the organisation which provides the actual gateway service
between AARNet and the mail system you are using, and charges payable to a
telecommunications carrier for your physical link to the gateway service
provider. Such charges are not within the discretion of AARNet.
Provision of the Mail Service to the Affiliate Member is conditional on the
continued use of the service as per the Acceptable Use Policy of AARNet,
contained in this document.
How to Apply for Mail Affiliate Membership of AARNet
To register as a Mail Affiliate Member of AARNet, please complete a printed copy
of this form, and return the form to:
AARNet
PO Box 1142
Canberra ACT 2601
You will be notified by mail when your application has been processed and the
required Mail Exchange records for your organisation have been entered into the
domain name system.
In the following pages are:
AARNet Acceptable Use Policy
Mail Affiliate Membership Application
AARNet Acceptable Use Policy
1. [AARNet]
The Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) is a private
telecommunications network owned and operated by the Australian
Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) as a common service provided to the
member institutions of the AVCC, the Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and other organisations who
have entered into an AARNet Affiliate Membership Agreement with the
AVCC.
2. [Function of AARNet]
The primary function of AARNet is to support the open academic and
research enterprise of Australia.
3. [Inclusion of Support Services as Acceptable Use]
The use of AARNet in connection with the administrative activities of
the member organisations of AARNet, use for institutional support
services, and use in support of the various infrastructural service
support activities associated with the academic and research enterprise,
are considered to be acceptable use of AARNet.
4. [Affiliate Membership]
The use of AARNet by Australian organisations other than AVCC member
institutions and CSIRO divisions requires the execution of an AARNet
Affiliate Membership Agreement between the organisation and the AVCC.
The AVCC reserves the right to reject or approve each application for
Affiliate Membership, which it will consider on a case by case basis.
5. [Academic and Research and Commercial Traffic as Acceptable]
Traffic relating to the national academic and research enterprise and
related commercial traffic is considered acceptable use of AARNet.
6. [Peer Traffic as Acceptable]
Traffic originating from peer academic and research networks which
conforms to the originating networks' acceptable use policies is in
general considered acceptable traffic to be carried over AARNet.
7. [Illegal Use as Unacceptable]
AARNet facilities cannot be used by any individual or group of persons
for any activities of an illegal or fraudulent nature, including any
activities prohibited under the Australian Commonwealth Government
Telecommunications Act 1989, or under other applicable Australian State
and Commonwealth laws.
Additional Notes of relevance to Acceptable Use Policy
A.1 The AVCC, in conjunction with CSIRO, and through the AARNet Advisory
Board, will be the sole arbiter of which categories of material are
considered acceptable or unacceptable for transmission over AARNet;
A.2 Notwithstanding Note A.1, permission may be granted for a member to use
AARNet to transmit or receive specific materials not normally considered
acceptable if the request to transmit such materials is supported by the
Chief Executive Officer of the institution requesting such materials;
and
A.3 If material which the AVCC has resolved should not be transmitted is
found to have been transmitted over AARNet, then the membership of the
network member responsible for that action may be terminated by the
AVCC.
AARNet Mail Affiliate Membership Application
On behalf of the organisation listed below I wish to apply to be a Mail
Affiliate Member of AARNet, and accordingly request that the Australian
Vice-Chancellors' Committee maintain on my behalf an electronic mail delivery
record in the Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) to allow my
organisation to send and receive electronic mail carried across AARNet.
I understand that I will be invoiced for this service for subsequent years
unless the AVCC receives my organisation's written advice to terminate the
Affiliate Membership of AARNet. I understand that the AVCC has the right to
obtain mail logs maintained by the organisation providing my organisation's mail
gateway service to confirm that the volume of mail transmitted/received by my
organisation is within the limits specified in the schedule or charges below.
I understand that the AVCC maintains the right to vary the Mail Affiliate
Membership charges from year to year, and maintains the right to cease offering
this service to my organisation at the start of any year, at their discretion.
I understand that in the event of any variation of the Mail Affiliate Membership
of AARNet, my organisation will be advised in writing by the AVCC to the address
below.
I understand that in consideration of the AARNet Mail Affiliate Membership
charge, AARNet will undertake to maintain a mail directory entry which will
direct incoming electronic mail to the gateway system(s) which I have nominated
below. Furthermore I accept that there is no other undertaking made by AARNet in
terms of reliability of mail delivery or any other form of undertaking by AARNet
or the AVCC in consideration of the payment to AARNet for the maintenance of the
mail directory entry on AARNet.
My organisation undertakes to use AARNet facilities within the terms and
conditions stated in the AARNet Acceptable Use Policy. I accept the right of
the AVCC to immediately terminate this service at their discretion if these
undertakings are abused by my organisation (where the AVCC retains the right to
determine what constitutes such abuse).
Date: __________________
Name of Organisation: ________________________________________________________
Signed: ______________________________________________________________________
Name: _______________________________ Position: ______________________________
on behalf of the organisation named above.
Address: _____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
AARNet Technical Contact
Technical Contact: ___________________________________________________________
E-Mail: ____________________________ Phone: ______________ Fax: ______________
Mail Delivery Information to be entered in AARNet (see note A)
Preferred Electronic Mail Address: ___________________________________________
Mail Gateway(s) in order of preference:
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Membership Fee
Please indicate which category of membership you are applying for and whether you wish to be invoiced for for the
membership fee.
Category AARNet Charge
[ ] 1 $1,000.00 per annum
[ ] 2 $4,000.00 per annum
[ ] 3 By individual arrangement with the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee
[ ] - Payment is attached
or
[ ] - Please send invoice
Note A. Mail Delivery Information
Two items of information are required: firstly your organisation's preferred
electronic mail address in Internet domain format, and secondly the name (or
names) of gateway systems who will accept electronic mail from AARNet (and
connected overseas networks) on your behalf and forward it to you.
Example Mail Delivery information request:
Mail addresses required: acme.oz.au, *.acme.oz.au
Mail Gateways (primary) gw.somewhere.edu.au
(secondary) munnari.oz.au
Note that the entry *.acme.oz.au acts as a wildcard entry to direct mail for
"any name".acme.oz.au to your mail gateway site. It is necessary only if there
are many hosts or many electronic mail subdomains within your organisation to
which mail needs to be individually addressed.
Electronic mail addresses are generally assigned from within the following
Australian domains:
EDU.AU for educational organisations,
GOV.AU for government organisations,
COM.AU for commercial organisations,
ORG.AU for organisations that do not fit the above categories, and
OZ.AU for organisations have MHSnet (or ACSnet) connections
It will be necessary to consult your mail gateway service provider to confirm
that your prefered electronic mail address is acceptable, and to obtain the name
of the gateway system(s).
AARNet Network Affiliate Membership Application
To establish a Network Affiliate connection to AARNet you will need to complete
this form and return it to the AVCC. The AVCC will provide advice as to the
available options for a network connection, and liaise with you regarding the
termination of the physical link to AARNet.
You will be invoiced by the AVCC for the Affiliate Membership charge, which is
of the form of an annual charge, and for the once-off connection fee to AARNet
if applicable. Note that there may be other charges associated with the AARNet
network connection, including applicable Telecom transmission charges and
communications equipment purchase and maintenance charges.
The provision of Network Affiliate Membership is conditional on the continued
use of the service as per the Acceptable Use Policy of AARNet reproduced
overleaf.
How to Apply for Network Affiliate Membership of AARNet
To register as a Network Affiliate Member of AARNet, please complete a printed
copy of this form, and return the form to:
AARNet
PO Box 1142
Canberra ACT 2601
A letter of sponsorship should be attached to the application, or forwarded
directly to AVCC. The AVCC will, in the normal course of events, respond with
approval to connect, and invoice you for the appropriate charges for connection
and the first year's Affiliate Membership fee.
In the following pages are:
AARNet Acceptable Use Policy
Terms and Conditions of AARNet Network Affiliate Membership
Network Affiliate Membership Application
AARNet Acceptable Use Policy
1. [AARNet]
The Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) is a private
telecommunications network owned and operated by the Australian
Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) as a common service provided to the
member institutions of the AVCC, the Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and other organisations who
have entered into an AARNet Affiliate Membership Agreement with the
AVCC.
2. [Function of AARNet]
The primary function of AARNet is to support the open academic and
research enterprise of Australia.
3. [Inclusion of Support Services as Acceptable Use]
The use of AARNet in connection with the administrative activities of
the member organisations of AARNet, use for institutional support
services, and use in support of the various infrastructural service
support activities associated with the academic and research enterprise,
are considered to be acceptable use of AARNet.
4. [Affiliate Membership]
The use of AARNet by Australian organisations other than AVCC member
institutions and CSIRO divisions requires the execution of an AARNet
Affiliate Membership Agreement between the organisation and the AVCC.
The AVCC reserves the right to reject or approve each application for
Affiliate Membership, which it will consider on a case by case basis.
5. [Academic and Research and Commercial Traffic as Acceptable]
Traffic relating to the national academic and research enterprise and
related commercial traffic is considered acceptable use of AARNet.
6. [Peer Traffic as Acceptable]
Traffic originating from peer academic and research networks which
conforms to the originating networks' acceptable use policies is in
general considered acceptable traffic to be carried over AARNet.
7. [Illegal Use as Unacceptable]
AARNet facilities cannot be used by any individual or group of persons
for any activities of an illegal or fraudulent nature, including any
activities prohibited under the Australian Commonwealth Government
Telecommunications Act 1989, or under other applicable Australian State
and Commonwealth laws.
Additional Notes of relevance to Acceptable Use Policy
A.1 The AVCC, in conjunction with CSIRO, and through the AARNet Advisory
Board, will be the sole arbiter of which categories of material are
considered acceptable or unacceptable for transmission over AARNet;
A.2 Notwithstanding Note A.1, permission may be granted for a member to use
AARNet to transmit or receive specific materials not normally considered
acceptable if the request to transmit such materials is supported by the
Chief Executive Officer of the institution requesting such materials;
and
A.3 If material which the AVCC has resolved should not be transmitted is
found to have been transmitted over AARNet, then the membership of the
network member responsible for that action may be terminated by the
AVCC.
Terms and Conditions of AARNet Network Affiliate Membership
Definitions:
0. The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (Incorporated in the ACT) is
referred to as "AVCC".
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is
referred to as "CSIRO".
The Australian Academic and Research Network, a program operated under
the auspices of the AVCC, is referred to as "AARNet"
Conditions of Use:
1. The Network Affiliate Membership must be endorsed by an AVCC member
higher education institution or CSIRO.
2. Use of AARNet must conform to the AARNet Acceptable Use Policy.
3. The AVCC reserves the right to disconnect the Affiliate Member in the
event of serious operational or security incidents arising through the
Affiliate Member's connection to AARNet, or in the event of continued
abuse of these Conditions of Use of AARNet (where the AVCC retains the
right to determine what constitutes such abuse).
Network Access:
4. The Affiliate Member cannot, under these terms of AARNet Network
Affiliate Membership, allow third party organisations or individuals to
gain access to AARNet via the Affiliate Member's facilities. This
includes the explicit prevention of access to AARNet by either direct
network layer connectivity or indirect gateway services,
Network Connection:
5. The physical connection from the Affiliate Member to AARNet is to be
terminated within AARNet at a location which will be nominated by AARNet.
In general the Regional Hub sites of AARNet will be nominated as the
appropriate connection point to AARNet. The type and characteristics of
the physical connection must be approved by AARNet prior to installation
of the facility.
6. The physical link must be terminated on the Affiliate member site with
equipment which has the prior approval of AARNet as being technically
compatible with AARNet equipment.
7. The responsibility for operational support and maintenance of the link,
and the equipment associated with the physical link on the Affiliate
Member's site is that of the Affiliate Member. The responsibility for
the maintenance and operation of equipment on the AARNet site is that of
AARNet or its agent.
Disclaimer of Liability:
8. The AVCC, CSIRO, and member institutions of these bodies accept no
responsibility for any loss or damage which may be incurred by the
Affiliate Member through the connection to AARNet. Affiliate Members
connect to AARNet at their own risk.
Affiliate Membership
9. To become an Affiliate Member of AARNet an application must be made in
writing to the AVCC. This application should cite an AVCC or CSIRO group
which will endorse the application. The application should also indicate
the undertaking of the organisation to abide by these Terms and
Conditions of Affiliate Membership.
10. The AVCC reserve the right to refuse a Network Affiliate Membership
application at their discretion.
11. The Affiliate Membership shall operate on a year-to-year basis, and
requires the advance payment of an annual Affiliate Membership fee to the
AVCC.
12. The AVCC maintains the right to vary the Network Affiliate Membership fee
from year to year, and maintains the right to cease offering this service
at the start of any year at their discretion.
13. The AVCC reserve the right to vary the Affiliate Membership fee for an
organisation at their discretion on a case by case basis.
Termination of Affiliate Membership
14. Affiliate membership will be terminated upon the receipt of notice to
terminate the Affiliate membership by the AVCC.
15. The AVCC reserves the right not to renew the annual Affiliate Membership
for an organisation at their discretion. In such a case notice of
intention to terminate Affiliate Membership as of the following year will
be delivered to the organisation in writing.
16. Affiliate Membership shall be considered to have terminated in the event
of non-payment of the annual Affiliate Membership fees to the AVCC by the
invoice due date.
17. the event of termination of Affiliate Membership of AARNet all
connection services will be withdrawn by AARNet.
AARNet Network Affiliate Membership Application
On behalf of the organisation listed below I wish to apply to be a Network
Affiliate Member of AARNet.
I have read and understood the Terms and Conditions of Connection to AARNet as
stated in this document. I undertake that my organisation will abide by the
Terms and Conditions of Affiliate Membership of AARNet.
I understand that following initial approval as an Affiliate Member of AARNet,
AARNet will nominate a connection point for a physical connection to AARNet, and
provide advice as to the method of connection. A specific proposal will be
lodged by the Affiliate Member with AARNet for endorsement before proceeding
with the implementation of the connection.
I understand that following evaluation of the connection proposal I will be
charged an annual fee based on the effective bandwidth of the connection to
AARNet as per the attached charge Schedule, and will also be charged an initial
connection fee covering the expenditure of the AVCC in establishing the
connection. I understand that I will be invoiced for this service for
subsequent years unless the AVCC receives my organisation's written advice to
terminate the Affiliate Membership of AARNet.
I understand that the AVCC maintains the right to vary the Network Affiliate
Membership charges from year to year, and maintains the right to cease offering
this service to my organisation at the start of any year, at their discretion.
I understand that in the event of any variation of the Network Affiliate
Membership of AARNet, my organisation will be advised in writing by the AVCC to
the address below.
I understand that in consideration of the AARNet Network Affiliate Membership
charge, AARNet will undertake to maintain a data communications link between
AARNet and my organisation. Furthermore I accept that there is no other
undertaking made by AARNet in terms of reliability of the network connection
service, nor any other form of undertaking by AARNet or the AVCC in
consideration of the payment to AARNet for the maintenance of the network
connection service to AARNet.
My organisation undertakes to use AARNet facilities within the terms and
conditions stated in the AARNet Acceptable Use Policy. I accept the right of
the AVCC to immediately terminate this service at their discretion if these
undertakings are abused by my organisation (where the AVCC retains the right to
determine what constitutes such abuse).
Date: __________________
Name of Organisation: ________________________________________________________
Signed: ______________________________________________________________________
Name: _______________________________ Position: ______________________________
on behalf of the organisation named above.
Address: _____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Sponsoring Organisation: _____________________________________________________
Contact Officer: _____________________________________________________________
AARNet Technical Contact
Technical Contact: ___________________________________________________________
E-Mail: ____________________________ Phone: ______________ Fax: ______________
AARNet Connection Information and Schedule of Charges for 1992:
Preferred AARNet Connection Point: ___________________________________________
Please indicate your desired connection bandwidth:
Link Capacity AARNet Charge
[ ] 9.6K or less (dial-up) $5,000.00 per annum
[ ] 9.6K $8,000.00 per annum
[ ] 19.2K $15,000.00 per annum
[ ] 48K $25,000.00 per annum
[ ] 64K $30,000.00 per annum
[ ] 2Mb $45,000.00 per annum
Higher capacity connections by arrangement with the AVCC
Please indicate your preferred connection type:
Connection AARNet Charge
[ ] AARNet SLIP Server $1,000.00
[ ] AARNet Router $3,500.00
[ ] Other
Please provide details:
[ ] - Payment is attached
or
[ ] - Please send invoice
Configuration Details :
Internet network number(s) in use by your organisation: _______________________
Prefered Internet Domain Name: ________________________________________________
Technical Details
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