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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 1824 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2021 21:21:41 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Mar 2021 21:21:41 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9B6C99C69F; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 07:21:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C536A9C779; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 07:21:02 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="HHySeynB"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C762C9C778; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 07:21:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ed1-f46.google.com (mail-ed1-f46.google.com [209.85.208.46]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C964C9C5E6 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 07:20:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ed1-f46.google.com with SMTP id h10so4960947edt.13 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:20:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=qRduzFSv+Axbe6UxNUQ1ZPZV4cAx65viX8r0cUOm+vQ=; b=HHySeynBbadFModZPb4bJZ8uxO2jEVVct2YATaFJIYxIlgphJZOcqwt0VCZU1ta5/K pFHYOA8mHGpaEPs30v768J06HmN5kkmrbpGTG7ChA9164kEyLp6UXLK44LSV9sh7VuIE ZYMIUbZnDaUaYMmXFMjRN2z4HHaei4gBL/eB0buZ9VJfQo9SUvX77g02hCJJufvRahA+ QudaWD3oCuCKxOqqNsyxTdbj6WSyc0UTKaX1W42aGxr8KzWp6TXLD+g2zU8gQX3dbvl4 WckIu+BJApHwPkoalz+uYYZrrA0Xjls5/nsVvjECc11Q/bVZlcRF70TZJt8SVrc+Yvj+ pNAg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=qRduzFSv+Axbe6UxNUQ1ZPZV4cAx65viX8r0cUOm+vQ=; b=jvyg/an5bD3E63eMZ2Va5qjizM9sv45huDfR0SOi3QZaaiPvadPFe4pC3dRdOm0a2p tbFguuvmhE87xqEDrjHbM3oGEWspHN/4cV2+si74h5Q5Zi7IGAub9DNRnDLAK+r3kN+h WqMDSDIuJznax6iv8HHmbRseJTRyUNudhchPsm/XQLNCQwcE12ysksK0B02bJcn22TJI a+5JwgAp0xEcUbBUApltj+M8oxoVET6oqD7hC/P8prg8D5jacOhvcq5udqWBSMuqzK8u W9DQO9GljCkq5wqmER2Dh2fdNUwQZ+upo9nb7zdXb3Ah85aKwIjrzbIfJsIoYYRcSgV4 gp9Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532nWuSQaN4SQ3+999dL5LRVw9HaMFMyoaJSP1FUCKMZzuK0w7mi HL+Esf5TlEkNZnRq/gLTjPTb3jiS3flJb/qJzj0TtxqgYe7T5w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyRxYzI6Dju3rgvHjm5n0hxDwhbk6K7eYkvnGHg939pc/OFCQ03NS8a31vLvUohSHhy2eqRg4I20o27L/u8yVg= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:312b:: with SMTP id dd11mr10637774edb.149.1615497656223; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:20:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210311200558.GW3990@netmeister.org> In-Reply-To: From: Henry Bent Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:20:45 -0500 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000ef4a1a05bd495b3a" 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000ef4a1a05bd495b3a Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > Perhaps a more interesting question, and one which I cannot quickly answer > (nor am I going to go pinging huge swaths of the public internet), is are > there any hosts in any version of HOSTS.TXT that are still on the public > internet in the same location? Or - and perhaps there is an easy answer to > this that I do not know - is there a repository of old WHOIS databases? I > remember being stymied ~20 years ago that Ultrix had SRI-NIC.ARPA hardcoded > in the whois binary and I couldn't find a hostname of the correct length > with which to replace it... > > -Henry > A quick flash of inspiration revealed a partial answer to this. tick.usno.navy.mil and tock.usno.navy.mil have been 192.5.41.40 and 192.5.41.41 since 1994: https://groups.google.com/g/news.test/c/VGw06jeo2Zk/m/1oi8rsKVxrQJ . I've been relying on these for almost as long as they've been online. Unfortunately they do not show up in the 1995 HOSTS.TXT file. -Henry --000000000000ef4a1a05bd495b3a Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Perhaps a more interesting question, and one which I = cannot quickly answer (nor am I going to go pinging huge swaths of the publ= ic internet), is are there any hosts in any version of HOSTS.TXT that are s= till on the public internet in the same location?=C2=A0 Or - and perhaps th= ere is an easy answer to this that I do not know - is there a repository of= old WHOIS databases?=C2=A0 I remember being stymied ~20 years ago that Ult= rix had SRI-NIC.ARPA hardcoded in the whois binary and I couldn't find = a hostname of the correct length with which to replace it...

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-Henry

A q= uick flash of inspiration revealed a partial answer to this.=C2=A0 tick.usno.navy.mil and tock.usno.navy.mil have been 192.5.41.40 and 192.5= .41.41 since 1994: https://groups.google.com/g/news.test/c/VGw06jeo2Zk/= m/1oi8rsKVxrQJ .=C2=A0 I've been relying on these for almost as lon= g as they've been online.=C2=A0 Unfortunately they do not show up in th= e 1995 HOSTS.TXT file.

-Henry
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