KIS - Knowbot Information Service _A_d_d_r_e_s_s: Ralph Droms Computer Science Department 323 Dana Engineering Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 _E_m_a_i_l: droms@bucknell.edu _P_h_o_n_e: (717) 523-1271 FAX: (717) 524-3760 _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n The Knowbot Information Service is a white pages ``meta- service'' that provides a uniform interface to heterogeneous white pages services in the Internet. Using the Knowbot Information Service, one can form a single query that can search for white pages information from the NIC WHOIS ser- vice, the RIPE European white pages service and MCI Mail, among others, and have the responses displayed in a single, uniform format. Inclusion of additional information about an organization with which a person is affiliated enables access to addi- tional white pages services including the NYSERNet X.500 White Pages Pilot project, and over 200 finger and whois services run by individual organizations. For example, a query about will return results from the NYSERNet White Pages project and from the finger server on . _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s There are three ways to gain access to the Knowbot Informa- tion Service: _________________________ The information in this section is provided in accor- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front of this guide. September 1, 1992 NNSC Section 4.5, Page 1 o+ Use the WHOIS frontends to the Knowbot information Ser- vice on hosts and . For example, from a UNIX host, use to look for information about Vint Cerf affiliated with CNRI. o+ Telnet to the Knowbot Information Service. Currently, there are servers accessible through a telnet to port 185 on hosts and . From a UNIX host, use . The commands help and man summarize the command interface. o+ Send mail to userid at one of the Knowbot Information Service hosts. _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _T_h_e _R_e_s_o_u_r_c_e The Knowbot Information Service is available to all users through the mechanisms listed above. September 1, 1992 NNSC Section 4.5, Page 2