Volume 5, Number 9 29 February 1988 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | _ | | / \ | | /|oo \ | | - FidoNews - (_| /_) | | _`@/_ \ _ | | International | | \ \\ | | FidoNet Association | (*) | \ )) | | Newsletter ______ |__U__| / \// | | / FIDO \ _//|| _\ / | | (________) (_/(_|(____/ | | (jm) | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Editor in Chief Dale Lovell Editor Emeritus: Thom Henderson Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings Contributing Editors: Al Arango FidoNews is published weekly by the International FidoNet Association as its official newsletter. You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. Copyright 1988 by the International FidoNet Association. All rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances, please contact IFNA at (314) 576-4067. IFNA may also be contacted at PO Box 41143, St. Louis, MO 63141. The contents of the articles contained here are not our responsibility, nor do we necessarily agree with them. Everything here is subject to debate. We publish EVERYTHING received. Table of Contents 1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1 Southern Colorado gets new Area Code ..................... 1 DASNet - Linking FidoNet to Commercial E-Mail Systems .... 2 Delta Airlines Supports Fidocon '88 ...................... 4 Treasurer's Report of IFNA for 1987 ...................... 5 What's in a Name? ........................................ 7 Informed Consent BOR crap for those willing to listen .... 9 TRAIN A New Echo for Model Trains ........................ 10 2. COLUMNS .................................................. 11 The Apple Core - Security: Intro, Session ................ 11 Let's YACK about AlterNet ................................ 14 3. NOTICES .................................................. 16 The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 16 Latest Software Versions ................................. 16 FidoNews 5-09 Page 1 29 Feb 1988 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= Richard Evers Node 128/11 Host for Net 128 Colorado splits into two area codes (303 and 719) On March 5th, the state of Colorado will be split into two area codes. The current area code of 303 will remain with the city of Denver, the North and Western parts of the state. The new area code of 719, will be assigned to the Southeastern parts of Colorado. The cities of Colorado Springs, Pueblo will be in the new area code. Please consult your telephone directory, or you local phone company for more information. Since Net 128 is directly effective by this change, the Nodediff on March 4th will reflect this change. If you are using a modem program to directly call Southern Colorado, you need to note, and make this change. Since area code 303 has all but run out of prefixes, it is likely that calls to area code 303 will only work for 30 days after the change, if you are calling the new code area. After which, you may be surprised if you get a wrong number, or a non working number. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-09 Page 2 29 Feb 1988 DASNet - Linking FidoNet to Commercial E-Mail Systems David Dodell FidoNet 1:114/15 or 1:1/0 I have been in contact with a commercial firm which links up various electronic mail systems with each other. They have expressed an interest in linking into FidoNet. This would give commercial electronic mail users the ability to send and receive mail from FidoNet addresses. While many would say that FidoNet should not be exploited for commercial gain, it would allow FidoNet users the ability to send mail to commercial e-mail systems without having to subscribe to the multiple various systems out there. I am not saying that we should do so, but rather soliciting comments if we should pursue this further. If you are interested please send mail to either myself or to the marking manager of the DASNet system, Anna Lange. Anna can be contacted via my node by sending mail to the user "Usenet" at FidoNet node 114/15 and placing the following in the first line of the body of the message: To: asuvax!noao!decvax!sun!11.DAS.NET!AnnaB Below is a description and information I received about their system. Again, I am only interested in comments at this time. The DASnet(R) Network--DASnet Subscriptions: WHEN YOU ASK SOMEONE FOR AN ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS, YOU CAN PROBABLY REACH THEM--REGARDLESS OF THE SYSTEM THEY USE !! A DASnet Subscription allows you to exchange electronic mail (e- mail) with anyone on more than 20 systems and networks, INCLUDING: ATT Mail, DASnet(R) Network, DCMETA, Dialcom(SM), EIES, EasyLink(R), Envoy 100(TM), FAX, GeoMail, MCI Mail(R), NWI(R), PeaceNet/EcoNet, Portal Communications(TM), The Source(R), Telemail(R), ATI's Telemail (Japan), Telex, TWICS (Japan), UNISON(R), UUCP, The WELL, Domains e.g. ".COM" and ".EDU". If you currently use one of the systems mentioned above, you can order a DASnet Subscription now. For more information, please call 408-559-7434. ADVANTAGES: * NOTHING NEW TO JOIN OR LEARN. You continue to use the e-mail or conference system you already use on a regular basis--your home system. There's no need to join another system for e- FidoNews 5-09 Page 3 29 Feb 1988 mail. All you need is your DASnet Subscription. * EXCHANGE E-MAIL with nearly 3 MILLION people--even if they use systems to which you are not a member. * JUST CHECK ONE MAILBOX--EVER. Your e-mail is delivered to your mailbox at your home system on a daily basis (on some systems, more often). Your home system is the only one you ever need to check for electronic mail. To send e-mail through DASnet, you send the message to the DASnet account on your home system. You receive e-mail at your mailbox, as you do now. YOU ALWAYS USE YOUR HOME SYSTEM, with which you've become familiar and comfortable. You never need to learn new menus, editors, or commands. HOW MUCH DOES A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE DASnet NETWORK COST? A Subscription costs only only $4.50/month ($5.50/mo. for hosts located outside of the U.S.). You are also charged for each message that you send. If you are corresponding with someone who is not a DASnet Subscriber, you also pay to receive e-mail they send you. (Sorry, it costs us so we have to bill you. This is the only way that we could offer you the service of making all of these systems available to you.) For example, here are charges for a couple of messages. 1. Jane (on UUCP) sends a 2000-character message to John (who uses The Source). The message will cost her 74 cents. 2. Robert (on MCI Mail in the U.S.) sends a 2000-character message to Rachel (using GeoMail in England). The message costs only $1.70. - Also, consider the value of receiving e-mail on a daily basis at your home system--no more worry about urgent messages waiting for you at the system you check only weekly. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-09 Page 4 29 Feb 1988 --+-- FIDOCON '88 NEWS FLASH --+-- Cincinnati - DELTA Airlines in cooperation with The International Fidonet Association announced today they will provide special air travel rates to the meeting August 25-28 here in Cincinnati. "Travelers can expect to save 40%-75% off regular coach fares", Delta spokesperson Laverne Wright said. "Delta has set up a toll free 800 registration number for the event". "We are very excited about Delta's commitment", said Tim Sullivan, Chairperson of this year's conference. "I think that this will help to make Fidocon more accessible to Fidonet members". Delta is offering a 5% discount off ALL Delta's published round-trip fares INCLUDING SUPER SAVERS. Delta also said for those passengers NOT qualifying for any published discounts, a 40% discount will be offered on Delta's domestic system for travel to Fidocon '88. To take advantage of all these discount conference attendees need only follow these simple steps: 1. Call 1-800-241-6760 for your reservations 8:00am-8:00pm eastern time - Daily. Refer to FILE NUMBER N0059. or have your travel agent call Delta's tool free number to obtain the same advantages for you. 2. Travel within the USA and San Juan only. (a 35% discount is applicable for travel from Canada) Delta noted that in order to take advantage of these discounts reservations must be made at least seven days in advance and must be made through Delta's toll free number. For more information contact your travel agent, Delta airlines at the toll free number, or Tim Sullivan at 108/62. Cincinnati has also set up a special registration node 1/88 for information and on-line registration. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-09 Page 5 29 Feb 1988 INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION The accompanying treasurer's report of International FIDONET Association as of December 31, 1987 has been prepared by me. This report is the representation of the International FIDONET Board of Directors. I have not audited or reviewed this report and, accordingly, do not express an opinion or any other assurance on it. The International FIDONET Association Board of Directors has elected to omit substantially all of the disclosures (the Statements of Financial position, Results of Operations and Changes in Financial Position) required by generally accepted accounting principles. If the omitted disclosures were included in this report, they might influence the readers' conclusions about the association's financial position, results of operation, and changes in financial position. Accordingly, this report is not designed for those who are not informed about such matters. Leonard Mednick, MBA, CPA February 25, 1988 INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION TREASURER'S REPORT YEAR ENDING 12/31/87 RECEIPTS/DEPOSITS Membership fees, sales, 17,515.59 Interest earned 8.11 Purchases (5,108.50) See Note 1 Returned Checks (50.00) ------------ NET RECEIPTS/DEPOSITS 12,365.20 DISBURSEMENTS Telephone 3,182.79 Postage & Freight 590.96 Legal & Accounting 2,210.50 Bank Service Charges 156.28 Office Expenses 499.56 Meetings & Travel 3,471.40 See Note 2 Licenses, Dues, etc. 259.95 Refund of Overpayments 65.00 Total Disbursements 10,436.44 ------------ EXCESS OF RECEIPTS OVER DISBURSEMENTS 1,928.76 ADD: BEGINNING BALANCE OF ACCOUNT 2,749.28 ------------ BALANCE 4,678.04 See Note 3 ============ FidoNews 5-09 Page 6 29 Feb 1988 Note 1 - Item includes purchases of FIDO (tm) & SEAdog (tm) Software Note 2 - Item includes all disbursements for FidoCON4 Note 3 - Balance in St. Louis Account $2,019.93 Balance in Honolulu Account 2,658.11 ----------- $4,678.04 =========== --------------------------------------------------------------- Any questions regarding the above report should be directed to IFNA at 1:1/10 or at P.O Box 41143, St. Louis MO 63141. All questions received become the property of IFNA and may be published by IFNA, at will, in its various forums. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-09 Page 7 29 Feb 1988 Greg Glynn The Airlock Hermitage 3:712/502 What's in a Name? *HOT MUDDY DUCK* Now there's a great name for a bulletin board! I don't know who he is but he gets my vote for Most Original Name for a bulletin board. Mind you, he's got plenty of competition in the originality department. I had a browse through the Nodelist recently (a little light reading) and found about 200 names which really standout as 'Above Average' in my opinion. Here's what I found. Some of these guys sound as if they had read headaches in trying to get their boards going! The Nervous System; Pipe Dream; The Town Cryer; Nightmare; Wits End; Krash #2; Mental Ward and Apocalypse. Once these next guys got started it seems that they formed their own secret societies: The Magic Unicorn; The Gathering; The Inner Circle and Magic Forest. These next names were a bit hard to classify. In one sense they're pretty obvious and in another way they're quite clever, I like the first one though: "I Have Decided"; Another Node; The Other BBS. A couple of these systems sound as if they're running MVS/XA rather than DOS 3.1: Deep Thought (Now there's a big computer!); Colossus; The Forbin Project; The IO Board; Mega Systems Online; Project Forty- Two and The Mega Monster. No shortage of MIPS there! Some quite clever "Play on words" too: The Ozone; Opus Pocus; Kat(h)'s Meow; NetMeg; Little Blue; Castle Opustein; Mobius Trip; Now & Zen; Log-on-the-Tyne and the Last Byte to name a few. And with a little imagination, a guy could get really carried away withthe next catagory - Dare I say it, Erotica: LoveLine; Sensual Encounter; Opus Orgy; Anything Goes; The Blow Torch; Pain Frame and finally The Gas Passer. Sounds like an episode of Dynasty. No shortage of Sci-Fi either! Forget about ALTERNET & SOUTHERNET, here comes CYBERNET: Cyber Zone; Cyber Space; Cyber Punk City; Cyber Babble; Cyber Foundation and CyberCom. A few more "cybers" and they'll have enough nodes to start Zone 4! Other Sci-Fi names too, like: Cygnus; House Adtreides; Moon Shadow; Forbidden Planet; SpaceNet; Starship Excalibur; Starlink; Entropy; Mind Meld; Time Traveller and Wally World (which isn't really Sci-Fi, I just wanted to see if you were paying attention). There are many BBS names which conjure up great mental images too. These are the boards which you might dial from 3,000 miles away out of shear curiosity: Dr Lizardos (expect an International Call in the near future Doc!); Family Skeletons; Whack!; The Bat Cave; The Toilet Seat (Great name! Gave *HOT MUDDY DUCK* a run for its money); The Fort Knox Files (If thats not a challenge to all you Hackaholics out there then I dont know what is!); 99 miles to somewhere; Ole Tin FidoNews 5-09 Page 8 29 Feb 1988 Brain; This End up; Quagmire; Hard Weird; Radio KAOS and the Poison Door. There's no shortage of "Animal SysOps" either: Swamp Buzzard; Shark Sandwich; Big Black Poodle; The Sleeping Gnome; Old Frogs Swamp; Stallion Data (A "Hung" System?). I've always had my own mental picture of what Fido (the dog) looks like in real life. It seems from the next set of names that my opinion is not universally shared by other users of the net: Mad Dog Fido; Green Fido; Orange Fido; Warped Dog; Soft Fido. But we do learn some interesting things about or four-legged friend: Fido's Kennel (Well at least he's got somewhere to sleep); Fido's Partner (and someone to sleep with); Poor Mans' Fido ; Fido's One Dish (but gets hungry alot); Fido's Dawn Patrol (and gets plenty of exercise); Bionic Dog (by doing a lap of the block at 60 miles per hour); DogStar (and gets three or four movie offers each week). ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-09 Page 9 29 Feb 1988 Ben Mann 151/2 Informed Consent To say a bill of rights is needed in FidoNet is like saying a drain plug is needed in the swamp. "Sir, I have no time to drain the swamp, I'am to busy fighting the aligators." Region 18 has a new EchoMail coordinator. Located in a non- PCP city. Good thinking. At least he has a 9600 baud HST and a sence of humor. The sence of humor is more important. Every NC in Region 18 cast their vote (pun intended) and the outcome was a new EC. Can anyone anywhere tell me why and how this happens? Does a friend of a friend call someone late in the night and make the change? Are there greater forces (farses) at work? Maybe I'am just missing the whole point. I'am sure there will be those who quickly agree. I'am having fun, right? I'am doing it out of love of my community and country, right? There must be some big dark echomail alley where good sysops fear to tread. In this alley big decisions are made late at night. This is done to keep from confusing the lowly sysop. Can someone humor me? Can I have a vote on something? The color of the FidoNet T-shirt? What the letters IFNA really mean? Anything would be a start. How about a dollar a vote? That way you get my dollar, I get a vote and all is right with the world. [offer limited to the state of North Carolina, February 20th. between the hours of midnight and 00:00:01 in the morning] Or more in keeping with tradition. You pay me a dollar for my vote. Come on you sysops. Do you want a vote? Do you even care? "Landrew lead me..." This beast we call FidoNet is neither fish or fowl. Let's make decisions based on information. "Informed Consent" is what it's called. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-09 Page 10 29 Feb 1988 Jonathan Rickard 151/2 TRAIN Echo I am starting this new Model Railroad Echo in the interest of providing help to Model Railroaders and furthering the interest in Model Railroading. TRAIN will be supported partially by members of the Carolina Model Railroad club in Greensboro, NC. It will also, hopefully, be picked up by The Train Board in Ohio wich will provide enourmous help to users. I will work hard as the TRAIN echo's coordinator to make sure that it is run properly and I will be as helpful as possible. I hope that you will pick up this Echo on your node and allow the Model Railroaders of the world to help each other in this field. It can be picked up through REDCON at 151/1000 and will be hosted out of Alert Data TBBS, 151/2, in Greensboro, NC. I will try to get information published in a few newsletters and magazines which should get Model Railroaders to ask their sysops for it. Please give it a try on your BBS. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-09 Page 11 29 Feb 1988 ================================================================= COLUMNS ================================================================= The Apple Core, Number 2 Alan Applegate The Short Line, 1:104/36 (Fido 11w/BinkleyTerm) Security Series: Introduction, Session-Level Security Security is a growing concern within FidoNet. Security can take many different forms, and mean many different things to different people. In this and in future columns, I'll talk a little about security related issues. Sysops everywhere are concerned with destructive software (viruses, trojans, worms, tapeworms, et al), breaches of password security, system infiltration by crackers/hackers, and so on. Of more focused concern within FidoNet is session-level integrity of mail transmissions, packet integrity, and the like. This column addresses those concerns localized to FidoNet. Opinions within FidoNet differ about how severe the problem is, how much potential there is for increased problems, and how to handle the situation now and in the future. Some people are very passive, with the attitude "it won't happen to me." Some people insist on going to great extents to protect everything - borderline paranoia. But to say that the problem doesn't exist today, right now, is to fool yourself. The increased availability of NetMail interface packages such as BinkleyTerm and Dutchie has much to do with the problem. The positive effect is that FidoNet is getting closer to becoming the tool of free and open communication that it was initially envisioned to be. Widely distributed software, available with little or no charge, is encouraging the creation of FidoNet systems, broadening our reach and resource base, and increasing awareness of our network. The negative side effect is that this software is more openly available to people who are ready to abuse and misuse it to cause harm and wreak havoc upon other FidoNet systems. Don't get me wrong - as part of the team behind BinkleyTerm, I strongly believe that the positives far outweigh the negatives with the wide and open availability these packages offer. In addition, the potential for abuse has existed since the inception of FidoNet; the "new generation" of FidoNet software cannot be blamed for this problem. The key here is to identify the potential for abuse, make an intelligent decision based on our own situation, and use the powerful tools that our software provides to avert possible violation of our systems and breaches of the confidential information which can often be found there. Session level security is the most important of the protection FidoNews 5-09 Page 12 29 Feb 1988 methods available to FidoNet, and it guards against what is probably the most pernicious of the violations that can occur. The ability exists today for someone to set-up their system to "look" like a system with which you regularly transact mail. The bogus system polls you for mail that may be waiting for the real system, and unless the session requires a password, the mail is handed over to the bogus system without hesitation. Your outgoing mail, which may well be of a confidential nature, has been effectively, privately and quietly "stolen." Most modern FidoNet implementations provide some method of password protecting NetMail sessions. With the packages that I am personally familiar with, the protection methods are available and compatible with one another. Obviously, the system with which you transact mail will need to support session-level passwords, and will need to have the same password implemented on both ends. This requires advance planning on the part of both sides, and some synchronization of "cutover" times. Security is a smaller concern with systems with which you only sporadically transact mail. The chances of someone knowing the information and timing required are very slim. There has been talk about implementing some sort of public/private key encryption system within FidoNet. This would be nice, but normally systems don't send mail on a regular basis except to a handful of other systems. Sufficient protection is currently afforded by existing password protection schemes. With so many systems operating continuous mail, mail doesn't sit around as much as it used to. This reduces risk, but it does NOT eliminate it. In addition, in most cases the worst damage that can occur is that the perpetrator snags an EchoMail packet, but occasionally, personal mail can also fall into the wrong hands. Implementing password protection of NetMail sessions with regularly contacted systems is simple and painless. The work involved is easily offset by the peace of mind that will result from knowing that your mail is much safer protected by a password, rather than open and available to a "cracker." One of the keys to successful passwording is changing the password periodically. Doing so reduces the chance that someone casually attempting to "guess" the password will be successful. Make the password something cryptic, not something common. Use a random array of characters, instead of using a word or name. How big is this problem? Right now, it's limited. The more broad-based cases of breaching system integrity, viruses and trojans for example, are a much bigger problem for FidoNet (and other) Sysops. But with FidoNet awareness growing, availability and spread of FidoNet interfaces also growing - this problem will get worse before it gets better. FidoNews 5-09 Page 13 29 Feb 1988 Security tools are not provided on someone's whim. They are provided to solve real world problems. These tools can be of no help if they are not used. You may believe that you'll never get hit; all it takes is once for someone to "steal" your private mail to someone else, and you'll be sold. Protect yourself now. In my next column, I'll deal with two more security related issues. See you in another couple weeks... ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-09 Page 14 29 Feb 1988 YACK Yet Another Complicated Komment by Steven K. Hoskin ( STEVE HOSKIN at 1:128/11 ) Episode 2: AlterNet Yes, I'm still beating around this old thing about AlterNet. I can see that there is a massive diversity of opinion about what to do about AlterNet and all that happy stuff, so I figured I might as well be a good columnist and get in on the action. AlterNet is a FidoNet spin-off; the same technology with new ideals in administration and management. Somehow, new ideas are never taken well and always meet with resistance. Even when they're better than whatever is currently available. I'm not saying AlterNet is right. Personally, I think they were wrong to leave FidoNet. Going multi-net is only going to cause problems in communication, and communication is what it's all about. Or, at least, that's the rose-colored picture I have of FidoNet. I base this article on the assumption that we (Fido/Alter Net) want to communicate. We WANT to provide services that include communication between the nets. We WANT to be reasonable. But we're having problems. FidoNet is run by PolicyX (at time of writing, Policy3). So procedures to accomplish this desired link with AlterNet is currently limited. Policy3 covers no policy concerning linking with other Nets; FidoNet is the highest entity recognized by Policy3. Side note: Perhaps Policy4 should recognize the World as the largest entity, followed by individual Networks, followed by FidoNet as one of the many... In any case, FidoNet MUST be run under current PolicyX. So how do we communicate with AlterNet? Either selected individuals will have to go dual-identity and act as "gateways", making it fairly incumbent on the user to select the closest gateway to AlterNet, or everybody in AlterNet will have to go dual identity as FidoNodes, making for some serious changes to SysOp setups. This would also have to be done by all SysOps into AlterNet in order to provide a FULL two-way communication link. I don't think ALL FidoNet SysOps are going to go through the hassle of going dual-identity. Besides, what happens when another Net breaks away? Everybody goes tri-identity? I think not. FidoNews 5-09 Page 15 29 Feb 1988 If you read my recent article on linking with AlterNet, you understand that you were reading a dreamer's hope. Making cheap calls is beneficial, but administrative work involved in implementing that plan isn't something I see an easy fix for. That was merely a technical viewpoint for others to expand upon. I was hoping others would take that idea further, perhaps to a workable point in the FidoNet structure. There is a way I see that might make the Fido/Alter Net link work on that level, but it would require cooperation of NodeList structure between the two organizations. A program could be written (perhaps Xlatlist does this already) to read in AlterNet's NodeList and convert all those nodes into a zone inside the FidoNet NodeList. It COULD be done - it's TECHNICALLY possible. If Policy4 permitted it, it would be ADMINISTRATIVELY possible. And then there wouldn't be a lot of work for anybody, as the NodeList compilation procedures should be NEARLY automatic by now. This takes a little of the hassle out of the link, and perhaps this would make it even more feasible. This is a technical tidbit. But the point of my article is quite simply this: AlterNet should never have broken away; they should have stayed here and helped to clear up this jungle. But they did break away, and I feel that FidoNet has a responsibility to its users to try to make a connection to AlterNet, and a responsibility to its SysOps to make this connection without requiring a change in software or setup. I feel these problems can be overcome, and I, for one, want to see it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-09 Page 16 29 Feb 1988 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= The Interrupt Stack 16 Jul 1988 A new areacode, 508, will form in eastern Massachusetts and will be effective on this date. The new area code will be formed from the current areacode 617. Greater Boston will remain areacode 617 while the rest of eastern Massachusetts will form the new areacode 508. 25 Aug 1988 Start of the Fifth International FidoNet Conference, to be held at the Drawbridge Inn in Cincinnatti, OH. Contact Tim Sullivan at 108/62 for more information. This is FidoNet's big annual get-together, and is your chance to meet all the people you've been talking with all this time. We're hoping to see you there! 24 Aug 1989 Voyager 2 passes Neptune. If you have something which you would like to see on this calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Latest Software Versions BBS Systems Node List Other & Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version Dutchie 2.80 EditNL 3.3 ARC 5.21 Fido 12e* MakeNL 1.10 ARCmail 1.1 Opus 1.03a Prune 1.40 ConfMail 3.31* SEAdog 4.10 XlatList 2.86* EchoMail 1.31 TBBS 2.0M MGM 1.1 BinkleyTerm 1.30* QuickBBS 1.02 * Recently changed Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-09 Page 17 29 Feb 1988 __ The World's First / \ BBS Network /|oo \ * FidoNet * (_| /_) _`@/_ \ _ | | \ \\ | (*) | \ )) ______ |__U__| / \// / Fido \ _//|| _\ / (________) (_/(_|(____/ (tm) Membership for the International FidoNet Association Membership in IFNA is open to any individual or organization that pays a specified annual membership fee. IFNA serves the international FidoNet-compatible electronic mail community to increase worldwide communications. Member Name _______________________________ Date _______________ Address _________________________________________________________ City ____________________________________________________________ State ________________________________ Zip _____________________ Country _________________________________________________________ Home Phone (Voice) ______________________________________________ Work Phone (Voice) ______________________________________________ Zone:Net/Node Number ____________________________________________ BBS Name ________________________________________________________ BBS Phone Number ________________________________________________ Baud Rates Supported ____________________________________________ Board Restrictions ______________________________________________ Your Special Interests __________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ In what areas would you be willing to help in FidoNet? __________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Send this membership form and a check or money order for $25 in US Funds to: International FidoNet Association c/o Leonard Mednick, MBA, CPA 700 Bishop Street, #1014 Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-4112 USA Thank you for your membership! Your participation will help to insure the future of FidoNet. Please NOTE that IFNA is a general not-for-profit organization and Articles of Association and By-Laws were adopted by the membership in January 1987. The first elected Board of Directors was filled in August 1987. The IFNA Echomail Conference has been established on FidoNet to assist the Board. We welcome your input to this Conference. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 5-09 Page 18 29 Feb 1988 INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION ORDER FORM Publications The IFNA publications can be obtained by downloading from Fido 1:1/10 or other FidoNet compatible systems, or by purchasing them directly from IFNA. We ask that all our IFNA Committee Chairmen provide us with the latest versions of each publication, but we can make no written guarantees. Hardcopy prices as of October 1, 1986 IFNA Fido BBS listing $15.00 _____ IFNA Administrative Policy DOCs $10.00 _____ IFNA FidoNet Standards Committee DOCs $10.00 _____ SUBTOTAL _____ IFNA Member ONLY Special Offers System Enhancement Associates SEAdog $60.00 _____ SEAdog price as of March 1, 1987 ONLY 1 copy SEAdog per IFNA Member Fido Software's Fido/FidoNet $100.00 _____ Fido/FidoNet price as of November 1, 1987 ONLY 1 copy Fido/FidoNet per IFNA Member International orders include $10.00 for surface shipping or $20.00 for air shipping _____ SUBTOTAL _____ HI. Residents add 4.0 % Sales tax _____ TOTAL _____ SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN US FUNDS: International FidoNet Association c/o Leonard Mednick, MBA, CPA 700 Bishop Street, #1014 Honolulu, HI. 96813-4112 USA Name________________________________ Zone:Net/Node____:____/____ Company_____________________________ Address_____________________________ City____________________ State____________ Zip_____ Voice Phone_________________________ Signature___________________________ -----------------------------------------------------------------