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From: beebe at math.utah.edu (Nelson H. F. Beebe)
Subject: [COFF] [TUHS]  Pondering the hosts file
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:21:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CMM.0.95.0.1615486898.beebe@gamma.math.utah.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2OF_ERtaioLWdw5N3vik6orb34ZKt=fgfM4PyEq8Mnfjw@mail.gmail.com>

The hosts file format definition appears in

	RFC 752: Universal host table
	RFC 810: DoD Internet host table specification
	RFC 952: DoD Internet host table specification

A 1986 hosts.txt file in my PDP-10 archives notes:

; The format for entries is:
;
; NET : NET-ADDR : NETNAME :
; GATEWAY : ADDR, ADDR : NAME : CPUTYPE : OPSYS : PROTOCOLS :
; HOST : ADDR, ALTERNATE-ADDR (if any): HOSTNAME,NICKNAME : CPUTYPE :
;   OPSYS : PROTOCOLS :
;
; Where:
;;  ADDR = internet address in decimal, e.g., 26.0.0.73
;;  CPUTYPE = machine type (PDP-11/70, VAX-11/780, FOONLY-F3, C/30, etc.)
;;  OPSYS = operating system (UNIX, TOPS20, TENEX, ITS, etc.)
;;  PROTOCOLS = transport/service (TCP/TELNET,TCP/FTP, etc.)
;;  : (colon) = field delimiter
;;  :: (2 colons) = null field

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-03-11 18:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-11 17:13 [COFF] " gtaylor
2021-03-11 17:29 ` steffen
2021-03-11 21:03   ` gtaylor
2021-03-11 21:21     ` bakul
2021-03-11 21:29     ` steffen
2021-03-11 17:40 ` [COFF] [TUHS] " bakul
2021-03-11 18:08   ` imp
2021-03-11 18:12     ` clemc
2021-03-11 18:21       ` jaapna
2021-03-11 18:21       ` beebe [this message]
2021-03-11 18:27       ` henry.r.bent
2021-03-11 18:18     ` henry.r.bent
2021-03-11 18:02 ` [COFF] " clemc
2021-03-11 21:08   ` gtaylor
2021-03-11 18:30 [COFF] [TUHS] " bakul

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