From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 27164 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2022 21:49:22 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 29 Jan 2022 21:49:22 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DC0C19B95A; Sun, 30 Jan 2022 07:49:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91CE29510A; Sun, 30 Jan 2022 07:49:05 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="n3+j5Sgz"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A6EAE9510A; Sun, 30 Jan 2022 07:49:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi1-f173.google.com (mail-oi1-f173.google.com [209.85.167.173]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0810C95109 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2022 07:49:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi1-f173.google.com with SMTP id b186so13108607oif.1 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2022 13:49:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=from:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:date:subject:message-id :to; bh=FiE6imuRP6EfTuecckd3DU00v9gGFpJA3y8HIwAFjgg=; b=n3+j5SgzkfINNHu4mVombvYGgz+KVaVUTpnwF2i4la9PNZQHuZhr84+2IRAyWu+Pt6 4+QauRz3NU3lBbqYPFm7BDV/eJxNf2B9avNMKsGz4WhxdLldceT8IZ0yTT+bN0QhtyO9 BE4TJrPsayRh12WpIAbk5uHdagXj96/Rol+Fzxk3Iu7qs9uGgueLMR7EFo+SXXe4RC3i ffbDzf4s0GbgR1KO4jTYMl0+D97+hUMCmgHQU9zO+GgHRHRJXos4IeI0oFyptN5ll8bL cRva/sNqlb/J5tRR75JrerI1TfZvfVZPryxsWxTyvcNj254PkefEV7kbw+KTc9c0h68m ShAA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:from:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:date :subject:message-id:to; bh=FiE6imuRP6EfTuecckd3DU00v9gGFpJA3y8HIwAFjgg=; b=xAxyR2e3tPu+OyGQOBu9rqYY0JnwYg9++mxm1I+zFEu85oF3lb64geDi+hufPxiE4b /OGVyjw3Qq3iTU6m64xgmRAOGY8urKMvmQRhVzE9eFfYmp5Gk1VEGqMpnLrTkubieTG+ 3bHLkrPfS2j99edFnyHiIDT5rgb8Qqd9NAZYNVQH6y+0maXhjId8+/I/U4EiIbx4mIPX DqnxUXzSFUF0ZpoLorb0yIacmqysxVdMRuQelQFchOM8obav4pdXmFp0KJsEdPQQNCHu lN5J/Ar/dA3Z56cubtB0yRHJOIzPS5ZqZfOF6FcsUjrV2xjzi1kGMzM5KX4un/JUlCBq eowA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531IzuUn7pm85DzrS3CEmOOh0U8C8GVXDvDzTtez87oqwWblNnsk zblIEvLIqf88inScLBlcJPG4DhNyVZgmTQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxQi/giMck3ibmdUgMBH7njPS8583X0f07UykCU+h5RHf86EwdutYTGWBbJpzEyqf07A5dz+A== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:178f:: with SMTP id bg15mr9216167oib.39.1643492942912; Sat, 29 Jan 2022 13:49:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.5.0.2] ([185.247.70.157]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o4sm14902944oiv.10.2022.01.29.13.49.02 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 29 Jan 2022 13:49:02 -0800 (PST) From: Will Senn Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-5B93C120-8342-47C2-BC68-97794D8ACF72 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 15:48:59 -0600 Message-Id: <0C7FF60E-D7B1-434A-87D1-35E1102D7DC6@gmail.com> To: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (16H62) Subject: [TUHS] 4.3 BSD network name resolution X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --Apple-Mail-5B93C120-8342-47C2-BC68-97794D8ACF72 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm working through 4.3BSD setup and configuration and came across this: "There is no equivalent service for network names yet. The full host and net= work name databases are normally derived from a file retrieved from Internet= Network Information Center at SRI... use gettable to retrieve the NIC host d= atabase and htable to convert it to the format used by the libraries." Does this mean I should expect functionality like resolv.conf and ping yahoo= .com not to work in 4.3, or by some miracle is gettable still a functional s= ystem? Will Sent from my iPhone= --Apple-Mail-5B93C120-8342-47C2-BC68-97794D8ACF72 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

I'm working through 4.3BSD setup and configuration and came across this:


"There is no equivalent service for network names yet. The full host and network name databases are normally derived from a file retrieved from Internet Network Information Center at SRI... use gettable to retrieve the NIC host database and htable to convert it to the format used by the libraries."


Does this mean I should expect functionality like resolv.conf and ping yahoo.com not to work in 4.3, or by some miracle is gettable still a functional system?


Will


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