The Internet is now a household term in many countries. With otherwise serious people beginning to joyride along the Information Superhighway, computer networking seems to be moving toward the status of TV sets and microwave ovens. The Internet has unusually high media coverage, and social science majors are descending on Usenet newsgroups, online virtual reality environments, and the Web to conduct research on the new "Internet Culture." | LINUX NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR S GUIDE by Olaf Kirch and Terry Dawson 2 3 Copyright 1993 Olaf Kirch Copyright 2000 Terry Dawson Copyright on O Reilly printed version 2000 O Reilly Associates Published for the Internet by Jan Albrecht jan@ An actual version of this document can be downloaded at http nag This is the orginal version of the document as it was .