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
	autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
Received: (qmail 15621 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2022 00:26:40 -0000
Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53)
  by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 30 Jan 2022 00:26:40 -0000
Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112)
	id 249749C1E8; Sun, 30 Jan 2022 10:26:38 +1000 (AEST)
Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21DD695140;
	Sun, 30 Jan 2022 10:26:17 +1000 (AEST)
Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112)
 id E5B4795111; Sun, 30 Jan 2022 10:26:15 +1000 (AEST)
X-Greylist: delayed 1017 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org;
 Sun, 30 Jan 2022 10:26:15 AEST
Received: from nb3.reedmedia.net (nb3.reedmedia.net [71.19.148.35])
 by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8B84295109
 for <tuhs@tuhs.org>; Sun, 30 Jan 2022 10:26:15 +1000 (AEST)
Received: from [47.185.1.241] (helo=reedmedia.net)
 by nb3.reedmedia.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.89)
 (envelope-from <reed@reedmedia.net>)
 id 1nDxmP-0003Ff-Nm; Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:09:18 +0000
Received: from reed@reedmedia.net by reedmedia.net with local (mailout 0.17)
 id 4669-1643501352; Sat, 29 Jan 2022 18:09:13 -0600
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 18:09:12 -0600 (CST)
From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>
X-X-Sender: reed@t1.m.reedmedia.net
To: Will Senn <will.senn@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <0C7FF60E-D7B1-434A-87D1-35E1102D7DC6@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.22.394.2201291753100.29476@t1.m.reedmedia.net>
References: <0C7FF60E-D7B1-434A-87D1-35E1102D7DC6@gmail.com>
User-Agent: Alpine 2.22 (NEB 394 2020-01-19)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Subject: Re: [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 <tuhs.minnie.tuhs.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/tuhs>,
 <mailto:tuhs-request@minnie.tuhs.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/>
List-Post: <mailto:tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
List-Help: <mailto:tuhs-request@minnie.tuhs.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tuhs>,
 <mailto:tuhs-request@minnie.tuhs.org?subject=subscribe>
Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org
Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org
Sender: "TUHS" <tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org>

> "There is no equivalent service for network names yet. The full host and

I see that in usr/doc/smm/01.setup/5.t

Do you have usr/doc/smm/11.named ?

Have a look at the resolver(3) and resolver(5) and gethostbyname(3n)  
and named(8) manual pages with 4.3BSD.

And see /usr/src/etc/named/doc
for the November 1983 RFC 883 specification.

(I haven't used that old one, but I did use a 1990 BIND 4.8.3 from 
4.3BSD-Reno / 386BSD using NetBSD compat and documented some of its 
behavior with modern DNS.)