C h a p t e r 2:
The Internet and the Web:
Infrastructure for Electronic Commerce
Dell Computer Corporation Electronic Commerce Site
A Simulation Study of IP Switching
Comparison of IP-over-SONET and IP-over-ATM Technologies
Design Issues for HTTP
Download.com
Download the DARPA Internet Program Protocol Specification
Download the TCP/IP Tutorial
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) Specification
Routing Lookups in Hardware at Memory Access Speeds
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Telnet Protocol Specification-RFC 854
The HTTP protocol as implemented in WWW
TUCOWS
VisualRoute
The World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C)
Arbortext XML resources
History of HTML
John December's
comprehensive "HTML Station"
NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML
University of Texas, Austin's "Learn Web" pages
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
(W3C recommendations for Web site accessibility)
World Wide Web Consortium HTML description
World Wide Web Consortium XML description
XMetal XML
(The first, stand-alone XML editor.)
XML.ORG The XML Industry
Portal
Adobe GoLive
Comprehensive listing of Web Editors
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia HomeSite
Microsoft
FrontPage
NetObjects Fusion
Netscape Composer
Sausage's HotDog Pro
SoftQuad HoTMetaL Pro
Visual Café
(formerly Symantec Visual Page)
Aventail ExtraNet Center
Extranet partner linking
Extranets and a virtual Gardner
Some reluctant to try extranets
Broadband Bob Report
(Cable modems: more here than you can imagine about cable modems.)
Cable Modem Information Center
Cable-Modems.org
(A rich resource for cable modem information.)
Cable modem usage projections Internet Service Providers
(A representative sample of popular ones.)
America Online (AOL)
AT&T WorldNet Service
@Home/Excite
BellAtlantic.net
BellSouth.net
CompuServe
EarthLink
GTE
Internet
IBM
MediaOne Road Runner
MSN Internet Access
NetZero
Prodigy Internet
The List
(A self-proclaimed definitive ISP guide with over 7,000 ISPs and counting!)
ISP Check
(A checklist of features to help you select the right ISP; includes a glossary.)
ISP Finder
(A list of questions to ask your ISP and an ISP locator.)
Exercise 1
History of HTML
W3C Technical Reports
Exercise 2
Extranet partner linking
Extranets and a virtual Gardner
Some reluctant to try extranets
Exercise 3
Internet connection options for popular ISPs
Connection speeds: user to ISP
PC Magazine's Internet Connection Facts
How cable modems work
Akamai FreeFlow
(Redirects requests away from a company's Web server to the best available servers when traffic is heavy.)
Aventail, the first Extranet Service Provider
(Aventail has dubbed itself the world's first "extranet service provider.")
DSL check
(Check to see if your phone is within 18,000 feet of the phone company)
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