TELNET SITE NAME: Knowbot Information Service

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
	nri.reston.va.us 185
	132.151.1.1 185
	sol.bucknell.edu 185
	134.82.1.8 185

DESCRIPTION:
	Knowbot is an useful information service for locating
someone with an Internet address. Knowbot does not
have its own "white pages" recording internet users like a
telephone book. However, Knowbot can access to other
information services that have their own "white pages"
and search for you. Commands to operate knowbot service
are easy but not very user friendly to first time users.

SERVICES:

Knowbot serves as a gateway for internet users in remote hosts by
sending searching commands to find someone in internet, receiving the
searching results and presenting results in a uniform format for the
user. However, very often the Knowbot search is fruitless, because
of the incomplete information of internet users.

Listed below are remote host accessible to Knowbot. They all have
their own users information pools.
	nic
	mcimail
	ripe
	x500
	finger
	nwhois
	mitwp
	quipu-country
	quipu-org
	ibm-whois
	site-contacts

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
	At system prompt, type 	telnet nri.reston.va.us 185
	systemprompt> 		telnet nri.reston.va.us 185

EXIT SEQUENCE:
	To exit Knowbot, type RquitS at the Knowbot prompt.
	 >quit
	
ACCESS COMMANDS:
	To enact command, type the command at Knowbot
	prompt,
	 >[command]
	 e.g. >help

	Access commands of Knowbot include:
	 >help
		to print a summary of Knowbot commands on
		screen

	 >man
		to print an on-line manual of Knowbot on screen

	 >quit
		to exit Knowbot information system

	 >[name]
		to start searching a name of person with internet
		address
		e.g. >Krol

	 >services
		to list all Knowbot accessible hosts

	 >service [hostname]
		to narrow the search service on a specific host
		e.g. > service nic

	 >org [organization]
		to narrow the search service on a specific
		organization
		e.g. >org University of Illinois

	 >country [country name]
		to narrow the search service on a specific country
		e.g. >country US

SAMPLE LOGIN:
	1. telnet to Knowbot at system prompt
		systemprompt> telnet nri.reston.va.us 185
		
	2. specify the organization of the person to be searched
		> org university of Illinois

	 and/or you may specify the host service
		> service nic
	
	3. type in the name to start searching
		> krol

	4. You may get the following result:

	Name:		Ed Krol
	Organization: 	University of Illinois
	Address:	 	Computing and Communications Service
			 	Office,195 DCL, 1304 West Springfield
			 	Avenue
	City:	 		Urbana
	State:	 	IL
	Country:	 	US
	Zip:	 	 	61801-4399
	Phone:	 	(217) 333-7886
	E-Mail:	 	Krol@UXC.CSO.UIUC.EDU
	Source:	 	whois@nic.ddn.mil
	Ident:	 	EK10
	Last Updated:	27-Nov-91

	5. exit Knowbot	
	 > quit

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
	Since there are no complete recordings of all Internet
	users, it is better not to expect to locate every internaut
	through Knowbot. However, the more you know about
	the person you want to locate, the easier the searching
	process, because you can narrow the search by specifying
	organization, country, or host of the person to be
	searched, which will save you a lot of time.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS: 	Hsien Hu
	 			Irma Garza