Welcome! The Internet Encyclopedia is my attempt to take the Internet tradition of open, free protocol specifications, merge it with a 1990s Web presentation, and produce a readable and useful reference to the technical operation of the Internet. Some of my favorite parts are the essays on Ping and Traceroute and the CIDR and DNS sections of the Course.

	Read what's new!
Full text search of Connected: An Internet Encyclopedia and all RFCs	100+ Internet engineering essays	Five-part Programmed Instruction Course (good DNS section)
Internet Standards	Questions readers have asked (with answers)	Other sites to check out
The Encyclopedia is mirrored around the world; find a copy close to you	In the free software tradition, everything is available for download	How the Encyclopedia is constructed

I'd like to thank all those who have expressed interest and support for this project.

Brent Baccala, Editor
Connected: An Internet Encyclopedia
baccala@freesoft.org
April, 1997