From: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" <beebe@math.utah.edu>
To: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
Cc: The Unix Heritage Society <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>,
Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org>, COFF <coff@minnie.tuhs.org>,
Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net>,
Internet History <internet-history@postel.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] [COFF] 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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-11 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-11 17:13 [TUHS] " Grant Taylor via TUHS
2021-03-11 17:29 ` [TUHS] [COFF] " Steffen Nurpmeso
2021-03-11 17:40 ` [TUHS] " Bakul Shah
2021-03-11 18:08 ` [TUHS] [COFF] " Warner Losh
2021-03-11 18:12 ` Clem Cole
2021-03-11 18:21 ` Jaap Akkerhuis
2021-03-11 18:21 ` Nelson H. F. Beebe [this message]
2021-03-11 20:05 ` Jan Schaumann
2021-03-11 20:30 ` Henry Bent
2021-03-11 20:42 ` Henry Bent
2021-03-11 21:20 ` Henry Bent
2021-03-11 23:46 ` Richard Salz
2021-03-12 1:15 ` Jeremy C. Reed
2021-03-12 3:27 ` George Michaelson
2021-03-11 20:44 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2021-03-11 21:05 ` Henry Bent
2021-03-12 5:53 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2021-03-11 21:12 ` Ron Natalie
2021-03-11 22:33 ` Jeremy C. Reed
2021-03-11 18:27 ` Henry Bent
2021-03-11 18:18 ` Henry Bent
2021-03-11 18:02 ` Clem Cole
2021-03-11 20:32 ` Ron Natalie
2021-03-11 21:02 ` Bakul Shah
2021-03-11 21:08 ` Ron Natalie
2021-03-11 21:15 ` Bakul Shah
2021-03-12 1:14 ` Mary Ann Horton
2021-03-11 21:20 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2021-03-11 18:30 Bakul Shah
2021-03-12 10:53 Paul Ruizendaal via TUHS
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