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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 16:58:49 -0500
To: nettime@is.in-berlin.de
From: tozzi@mailserver.idg.fi.cnr.it (Tommaso Tozzi)
Subject: A PROJECT AND AN ACTION
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A PROJECT AND AN ACTION:

A CIVIC NETWORK
A NET STRIKE

by Strano Network


CIVIC NETWORK PROJECT

The following project consists of the technical aspect of the Civic
Network of Florence presented to the municpal government by the Telematic
Council of the Metropolitan Area of Florence. The project (originally
designed by Strano Network) is made by a theoric part (already presented
at the Metaforum II of Budapest) and of a technical part. The FirNet
Telematic Council is a network coordinating more than 15 BBS of the
metropolitan area of Florence (near the whole of the Florence'sBBS). Such
BBS are nodes of several no-profit telematics networks (Cybernet,
Peacelink, European Counter Network, Fidonet, OneNet Italia, Toscanet,
Immagina) and some of them are sub-domain Internet (but only for e-mail
pruposes...). Virtual Town TV (the Strano Network's BBS) represent the
host of FirNet. 

Technical proposal.

The proposal of the Florence Civic Network divide itself in five server
open 24 hours. 

1. Web Server 
2. First Class Server 
3. Fido like Server 
4. FTP Server
5. Nntp Server

Thanks to the RCF (Florence Civic Network) server it is possible to create
an exchange node from Internet, the Municipal administration and the no
profit BBS in the Florence area (amateur networks, associations etc.). In
this way may be possible to divulgate in Internet, in bidirectional way,
the digital materials (the conferences, messages and files) of the
Municipal administration and the BBS in the Florence metropolitan zone. So
the RCF will distribute the Internet Newsgroups, the private Internet mail
and all the digital material of the Municipal administration. Moreover the
RCF will collect in itself all the area files and the local conferences
propose from the Florence's BBS. 

For the realisation of this idea we propose the follow plane:

- WEB server (with on-line links) that contains:
	- Municipal administration area (with the digital materials)
	- Link area with associations and Florence civic institutions
	- BBS area. A self-management space where are present the BBS that
          want to participate to the project (with a size limit for 
          everyone).
	- Internet information's area 
	- RCF information's area
	- Users area (users htlm page)
	- Technical information's area
	- Miscellaneous area (social and cultural topics)

- First Class Server on-line links + gateway) that contains:
	- Internet private mail
	- Municipal administration area (with the digital materials)
	- Link area with associations and Florence civic institutions
	- Messages and files area from national and international network
          (Cybernet, Toscanet, Peacelink, ECN, P- Net, Fidonet, OneNet 
          Italia, etc.)
	- Conferences and Newsgroups messages 
	- BBS area. A self-management space where are present the BBS that
          want to paparticipateo the project (with a size limit for everyone)
	- Internet informations area 
	- RCF informations area
	- Users area (messages and file area with the users on-line self management)
	- Technical information's area
	- Miscellaneous area (social and cultural topics)

Fido like server (only gateway) that contains:
	- Internet private mail
	- Municipal administration area (with the digital materials)
	- Messages area from associations and Florence civic institutions
	- Newsgroups messages area
	- Messages and files area from national and international network 
          (Cybernet, Toscanet, Peacelink, ECN, P-
          Net, Fidonet, OneNet Italia, etc....)
	- Local messages area
	- RCF information's area

FTP server (on-line links and gateway) that contains:
	- Files area from national and international network (Cybernet, 
Toscanet, 
Peacelink, ECN, P-Net, Fidonet, 
OneNet Italia, etc...)
	- Municipal administration area (with the digital materials)
	- Files area from associations and Florence civic institutions
	- Local files area
	- BBS area. A self-management space where are present the BBS 
that want to 
participate to the project (with a 
size limit for everyone)

NNTP server (on-line links at limited access) that contains:
	- Conferences and Internet Newsgroups messages

Hardware configuration:

	- Router Cisco 2500 series

	- PowerMac 7100/66, 32 Mb Ram, 2 Giga HD
	- Backup unity DAT 2 Giga
	- Ethernet cable
	- 1 (or more) modem (US Robotics 28.800 baud)
	- serial port card
	- 14" monitor

	- PC 486/dx2, 66 MHz, 16 Mb Ram, 2 Giga HD
	- Backup unity (DAT) 2 Giga
	- Ethernet card and cable
	- 14" monitor
	- 1 modem (US Robotics 28.800 baud)

Software configuration:

	- First Class 2.6 (no profit BBS licence, 2000 or more users,
          Windows and CLUI interface, serial card licence, 
          gateway uucp licence)
	- TCP/IP module for First Class
	- Aeolus 1.2
	- Formula 1 1.8
	- Expressnet Fido/lite
	- Claris works 3.0 or Word

	- HTTPD (Cern)
	- Linux


Schema grafico:

(assente nella versione solo testo)


NET'STRIKE First hour

21-12-1995

from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. (France time zone)

Enjoy the first global strike in Internet


Instructions:

- Spread this message everywhere - a) In the date 21/12/1995, 6pm-7pm (day
and hour change in relationship to the time zone, look at the list no. 2
at the bottom of the message), link to sites of French Government (look at
the list no. 1 or cut and copy the home page of the list no. 3); b) reply
said procedure several times for an hour by using intervals of few
seconds. 

A demonstration of 1000, 10.000, 100.000 netusers all together making part
of a line crossing French Government's sites. The result of this strike
will be to stop for an hour network activities of French Government. 

BOIKOTT THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT'S INSTITUTIONS!.

French Goverment has shown a total contempt for French people, for 
international community, for common people who 
just would like to grow up their sons in a better world as it:
- goes on with nuclear experiments in Pacific Ocean's islands
- goes on with use of nuclear energy as mainly source of "civil" energy
- goes on with its projects of "social redrawing" without taking into 
account the enormous presence of people in recent 
demonstrations of protest against such kind of policy.

These are the reasons that drove us to to take off to french government
(for a while...) some of the privileges that every powerful man involved
in war-games and exploitation plans like very much:  The access to the
ever growing important new information media. The same privileges denied
to all common people. We will go on with our demonstrations with any
means, using all technologies, always respecting the law. Those political
fellows which do not take into any account people's needs will understand
very soon the real power of new information technologies. 

This is the first strike that we promote, in the future there will be
other ons. If you want to get informations for next demonstrations and
activities send a message to this address: 


Strano.Network@vttvnet. trident.nettuno.it

with subject: Net'Strike 
and as content of your message your Internet address


MASSIVE COMMUNICATIVE ATTACK
Strano Network 

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LIST 1
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List of France government Internet Web sites:

Les services Web du Gouvernement Francais
http://www.adit.fr/GOUV/GOUV.html

Le Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres
http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/

Le Ministere de la Culture et de la Francophonie
http://web.culture.fr/

Le Ministere de l'Industrie
http://www.ensmp.fr:80/industrie/

Le Ministere de l'Education Nationale,
de l'Enseignement Superieur, de la Recherche
et de l'Insertion professionnelle
http://www.edutel.fr/

Le Ministere de l'Economie, des Finances
et du plan
http://www.tresor.finances.fr/oat/

Le Ministere de la Sante; publique
et de l'Assurance Maladie
http://www.sante.fr

Electricite de France
http://www.edf.fr/

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
http://www.nea.fr/

Le serveur WWW de l'Education Nationale
http://www.mesr.fr/

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LIST 2
*******

Day and hour of the strike:

Anchorage: from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. of 21-december-1995
Atene: from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Barcellona: from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Belgrado: from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Berlino: from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Bruxells: from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Copenaghen: from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Montreal: from 0:00 to 1:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
New York: from 0:00 to 1:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Oslo: from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Parigi: from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Roma: from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
San Francisco: from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. of 21-december-1995
San Paolo: from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Santiago: from 0:00 to 1:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Sidney: from 4:00 to 5:00 a.m. of 22-december-1995
Stoccolma: from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Tokio: from 3:00 to 4:00 a.m. of 22-december-1995
Vienna: from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995
Zurigo: from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. of 21-december-1995

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LIST 3
*******

Net'Strike home page (use to connect):
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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>NET'STRIKE</TITLE>

<BODY>

<center>
<H1>NET'STRIKE first hour</H1>
<dt><H2>21-12-1995</H2>
<dt><H3>from 6 to 7 p.m. (france hour)</H3>

</CENTER>
<HR SIZE=5>

<li><H2><A HREF="http://www.adit.fr/GOUV/GOUV.html">Les services Web du
Gouvernement Fran&ccedil;ais</A> </H2>

<HR SIZE=5>

<li><H3><A href="http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/">Le Minist&egrave;re des
Affaires Etrang&egrave;res</A></H3>

<li><H3><A href="http://web.culture.fr/">Le Minist&egrave;re de la Culture
et de la Francophonie</A></H3>

<li><H3><A href="http://www.ensmp.fr:80/industrie/">Le Minist&egrave;re de
l'Industrie</A></H3>

<li><H3><A href="http://www.edutel.fr/">Le Minist&egrave;re de 
l'&Eacute;ducation Nationale, de l'Enseignement 
Sup&eacute;rieur, de la Recherche et de l'Insertion 
professionnelle</A><BR></H3>

<li><H3><A href="http://www.tresor.finances.fr/oat/">Le Minist&egrave;re 
de 
l'Economie, des Finances et du 
plan</A></H3>

<li><H3><A href="http://www.sante.fr">Le Minist&egrave;re de la 
Sant&eacute; 
publique et de l'Assurance 
Maladie</A></H3>

<li><H3><A href="http://www.edf.fr/">Electricite de France</A></H3>

<li><H3><A href="http://www.nea.fr/">OECD Nuclear Energy Agency</A></H3>

<li><H3><A href="http://www.mesr.fr/">Le serveur WWW de l'Education 
Nationale</A></H3>

<HR SIZE=5>

<center> Informations:
<ADDRESS><H2><a 
href=mailto:Strano.Network@vttvnet.trident.nettuno.it>Strano 
Network  - Massive Comunicative 
Attack</a></H2></ADDRESS>
</center>

</BODY>
</HTML>

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NET'STRIKE ECHO

The first international Internet's strike has been developed in a good
result ! It is not possible to know how many Internet's users were on-line
but as there were many www french government servers listed in our
strike's msg we think several thousands of Internet users have
partecipated to the strike ! Strike effects were the above reported: -
5.45 p.m. Quick access to fr servers; - 6.00 p.m. first difficulties to
access to fr servers; - 6.15 p.m. it is not possible to access to the
Health and to the Educational Ministers' www servers; - 6.30 p.m. Also the
servers of the Nuclear Agency, of the French Government and of the
Indusrial Ministry decline the access; - 6.45 p.m. The access to the
servers of the National Education and of the Health Ministers is denied
while the link with other fr servers meets several difficulties; - 7.00
p.m. Only the link with the servers of the Educational and Health servers
is denied while the functioning of the other servers is on standard level.
Apart from the "on-line" partecipation we have recorded the arrive of
several msg of approval to the demonstration from all over the world. The
Italian press has shown attention to this kind of strike by publishing
several articles (La Nazione, Unita', Repubblica while the left-wing
newspaper Manifesto has not published any note on this demonstration!).
The strike has been "transmitted" by several Italian "radio" such as
Controradio and Radio Popolare and other kinds of local and national
information networks has spread news about the strike. Our protest msg
developed on 14.12.95 has been spread all over the world after few days
showing: - the interest of many people to counteract the French current
policy on nuclear and social items; - the willing to be involved in a
NET'STRIKE; - the existence of a world-wide movement able to counteract
world-wide injustice; - the capacity to develop a such kind of movement in
a short time. Finally we outline that: - several users have not set
browser preferences in such a way to really link with the server each time
(cache memory at 0) and not with its own PC; - it could be possible (for
the next time) to build up software oriented to the specific goal to make
an "electroni demonstration" at the internal of a www server. As a result
of this first net'strike's test we are sure that a strike organized at the
internal of internet (with more days to organize the strike, specific
software, specific instructions) can be a powerful media to counteract
international injustice. We are happy to see how the inter-activity
offered by Internet has offered the opportunity to many people to stand-up
on the electronic frontier not for business or for show goals but for
social global demonstration! 

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