013.30 Israel by Hank Nussbacher Israel currently allows only academic institutions and R&D not-for-profit organizations to connect to the Israeli portion of the Internet called ILAN. This is a government limitation that we are attempting to change over the next few months. In October 1991 our second 64kb IP circuit became operational to CERN in Switzerland. This link is via a new undersea fiberoptic cable called EMOS which only became operational in March 1991. Our first 64kb link is via a satellite circuit to PSI in the USA. The two IP links are terminated at different sites in Israel so as to provide maximum "disaster recovery" planning. Between the two international circuits, we move between 10-15Gb of data per month. On a national level, we use 64kb leased line circuits routing IP, DECNET and Appletalk using cisco routers. We have placed a request to upgrade all our national links to 128kb but due to PTT infrastruture problems, this won't be accomplished until 2Q92. We use IGRP on a national level for optimal routing between our seven cisco backbone. On a national level, we move approximately 40Gb per month. Hank Nussbacher hank@vm.tau.ac.il Israel