Chapter 12. Accessing the Internet

Chapter contents

• Getting familiar with UNIX-Internet lingo

• Logging in to remote systems

• Communicating with other users (two methods)

• Getting files from the Internet

• Sharing files on the Internet

• Surfing the Web

• Checking connections

• Tracing connections

• Matching domain names

• Choosing a News reader

• Reading News (two methods)

So far in this book, you've been working with files and scripts located on the UNIX system. In this chapter, we'll show you how to venture beyond your UNIX system and take advantage of the information on the Internet.