






                                        ILAN


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
            ILAN
            Computer Center
            Tel Aviv University
            Ramat Aviv
            ISRAEL

            _E-_m_a_i_l: hank@vm.tau.ac.il

            _P_h_o_n_e: +972 3 5450610 (Avi Cohen)


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            ILAN, the Israeli Academic Network, established in 1984,  is
            dedicated  to  universities  and academic, medical, and non-
            profit research institutes.  The network is widely used  for
            scientific,  educational,  academic,  and research purposes:
            commercial and political use is not allowed, either directly
            or indirectly.

            ILAN has installed six 64kb lines to create a central  high-
            speed  backbone  between  Israel's seven major universities.
            ILAN has international connections to EARN and Nysernet.

            ILAN's former NJE traffic and all EARN/Bitnet  network  ser-
            vices  now  run  on  ILAN's TCP/IP backbone.  We plan a 56kb
            link  to  Nysernet  (the  New  York  State  Educational  and
            Research  Network),  a  regional  network  of NSFNET (the US
            National Science Foundation Network).  In the interim,  ILAN
            will connect to Nysernet via a 9.6kb IP link.

            Our backbone supports "Aleph," a project for the  computeri-
            zation  and  interconnection  of all university library card
            catalogs, which is near to completion.  This  system  allows
            students  and  faculty  to  search  card  catalogs  at local
            university libraries as well as libraries located  at  other
            universities within Israel.  Since this system was developed
            long before  the  ILAN  project,  it  was  based  on  DECNET
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            protocols, which required us to use a multi-protocol router.

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

            It is possible for any IP host on  the  Internet  to  access
            ILAN.

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k

            ILAN may only be used for academic and research traffic.

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n

            For more information about ILAN contact:
            Avi Cohen
            +972 3 5450610
            a32@vm.tau.ac.il

            Hank Nussbacher
            +972 3 5450610
            hank@vm.tau.ac.il






























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