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FYI

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>From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)

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	-b

Although the White House doesn't yet have its own publically-accessible
Internet connection, Congress is well connected.  Their domain is
house.gov.  The "nslookup" program reveals a long and interesting list
of machine names there.  It turns out that the major systems are
appropriately named after gases--ozone.house.gov, etc.  (Surprisingly,
no methane.house.gov, which would be a natural...)  Here's a sampler
of the script from an nslookup search on the house.gov domain (the whole
printout of machines runs to c. 400 lines):

%nslookup
Default Server:  rand.cc.rochester.edu
Address:  128.151.224.8

> server house.gov
Default Server:  house.gov
Address:  137.18.128.6

> ls house.gov
[house.gov]
Host or domain name            Internet address
 house                          server = nitrogen.house.gov
 nitrogen                       137.18.240.8
 oxygen                         137.18.128.6
 ozone                          137.18.128.6
 bismuth                        137.18.240.13
 democenter1                    137.18.137.1
 democenter2                    137.18.137.2
 MinorityLeader                 137.18.250.1
 MajorityWhipSvr                137.18.240.35
 appropriations                 137.18.240.47
 DellumsLT                      137.18.20.1
 Sikorski_districtLT            137.18.25.1
 Stark_districtLT               137.18.37.1
 BATMAN                         137.18.240.215
 JOKER                          137.18.240.225

It seems that most if not all of these machines refuse incoming
Internet service requests, so you can't use "finger" to find
out whether your Congressperson is reading e-mail.  :)

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And my own (bzs) quick investigation:

world% nicname house.gov
House Information Systems (HOUSE-DOM)
   House Annex II
   2nd and D Streets SW
   Washington DC 20515

   Domain Name: HOUSE.GOV

   Administrative Contact:
      Albiston, Doreen  (DA172)  postmstr@HR.HOUSE.GOV
      (202) 226-6176
   Technical Contact:
      Schnizlein, John  (JS592)  johns@oxygen.HOUSE.GOV
      (202) 226-6290
   Zone Contact:
      Deane, Dorian  (DD222)  ddeane@CARBON.HOUSE.GOV
      (202) 226-6174

   Record last updated on 25-Jan-93.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NITROGEN.HOUSE.GOV           137.18.128.1
   ICM1.ICP.NET                 192.94.207.66


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