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RFC 1244 Site Security Handbook July 1991
3.9.9.4.3 Simtel-20 and UUNET
The two largest general-purpose software repositories on the
Internet are the hosts WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL and
FTP.UU.NET.
WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL is a TOPS-20 machine operated by the
U.S. Army at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico.
The directory "pd2:" contains a large amount of UNIX
software, primarily taken from the "comp.sources"
newsgroups. The directories "pd1:" and
"pd2:" contains software for IBM PC systems, and
"pd3:" contains software for the Apple Macintosh.
FTP.UU.NET is operated by UUNET Communications Services,
Inc. in Falls Church, Virginia. This company sells Internet
and USENET access to sites all over the country (and
internationally). The software posted to the following
USENET source newsgroups is stored here, in directories of
the same name:
comp.sources.games
comp.sources.misc
comp.sources.sun
comp.sources.unix
comp.sources.x
Numerous other distributions, such as all the freely
distributable Berkeley UNIX source code, Internet Request
for Comments (RFCs), and so on are also stored on this
system.
3.9.9.4.4 Vendors
Many vendors make fixes for bugs in their software available
electronically, either via mailing lists or via anonymous
FTP. You should contact your vendor to find out if they
offer this service, and if so, how to access it. Some
vendors that offer these services include Sun Microsystems
(see above), Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), the
University of California at Berkeley (see above), and Apple
Computer [5, CURRY].
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