From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall) Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 08:04:21 +1100 (EST) Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, symbolics.com! In-Reply-To: References: <20180314222309.GO16269@h-174-65.A328.priv.bahnhof.se> Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, Tony Finch wrote: > As I understand it, the old hosts.txt registrations got grandfathered > into the DNS in the .arpa zone - they were ARPANET hosts (e.g. see RFC > 921). The modern structure was set up after the transition to IP, so > it's fair to call .com and friends Internet domains. (See RFC 920.) Yeah, I was referring to DNS as opposed to HOSTS.TXT of course. > But it looks like there were a bunch of .edu and .gov names before > Symbolics. I'm happy to be corrected/updated; I happen to have an interest in geeky history (as if that wasn't apparent). > -- > f.anthony.n.finch http://dotat.at/ - I xn--zr8h punycode > Northeast Viking, North Utsire: Southeasterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in > south, decreasing 4 at times in north. Moderate or rough in northern and > eastern North Utsire, otherwise rough or very rough. Fair. Good. OK, I'll bite: how do you do this? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."