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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 6508 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2021 17:29:54 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Mar 2021 17:29:54 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C37EA9B799; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 03:29:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C47479B550; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 03:29:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C4C599B550; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 03:29:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from sdaoden.eu (sdaoden.eu [217.144.132.164]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FC3D9B54E for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 03:29:28 +1000 (AEST) Received: from kent.sdaoden.eu (kent.sdaoden.eu [10.5.0.1]) by sdaoden.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6B3E16056; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:29:25 +0100 (CET) Received: by kent.sdaoden.eu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C8A7FFDB2; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:29:23 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:29:23 +0100 From: Steffen Nurpmeso To: Grant Taylor Message-ID: <20210311172923.3f-gd%steffen@sdaoden.eu> In-Reply-To: <02d10a8e-2f39-4f88-f4c9-ecb295e0f01e@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> References: <02d10a8e-2f39-4f88-f4c9-ecb295e0f01e@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> Mail-Followup-To: Grant Taylor , The Unix Heritage Society , Internet History , coff@minnie.tuhs.org User-Agent: s-nail v14.9.22-99-g733424fe OpenPGP: id=EE19E1C1F2F7054F8D3954D8308964B51883A0DD; url=https://ftp.sdaoden.eu/steffen.asc; preference=signencrypt BlahBlahBlah: Any stupid boy can crush a beetle. But all the professors in the world can make no bugs. Subject: Re: [TUHS] [COFF] Pondering the hosts file 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: , Cc: The Unix Heritage Society , coff@minnie.tuhs.org, Internet History Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Grant Taylor wrote in <02d10a8e-2f39-4f88-f4c9-ecb295e0f01e@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net>: |Hi, | |I'm not sure where this message best fits; TUHS, COFF, or Internet |History, so please forgive me if this list is not the best location. | |I'm discussing the hosts file with someone and was wondering if there's |any historical documentation around it's format and what should and |should not be entered in the file. | |I've read the current man page on Gentoo Linux, but suspect that it's |far from authoritative. I'm hoping that someone can point me to |something more authoritative to the hosts file's format, guidelines |around entering data, and how it's supposed to function. | |A couple of sticking points in the other discussion revolve around how |many entries a host is supposed to have in the hosts file and any |ramifications for having a host appear as an alias on multiple lines / |entries. To whit, how correct / incorrect is the following: | |192.0.2.1 host.example.net host |127.0.0.1 localhost host.example.net host Address, "official name", aliases. And as many as you want i'd say. It is just that an alias might be hidden and never be found (if actually hidden). This is at least how i interpreted it. --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)