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Jnc: /* External links */ +Old Internet Files

2025-01-28T14:03:04Z

External links: +Old Internet Files

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	===External links===		===External links===

			* [https://rscott.org/OldInternetFiles/ Old Internet Files] - a large collection of host tables from 1983 to 1995
	* [https://github.com/ttkzw/hosts.txt HOSTS.TXT] - a good collection		* [https://github.com/ttkzw/hosts.txt HOSTS.TXT] - a good collection
	** [https://github.com/ttkzw/hosts.txt/blob/master/pub/hosts/19850605/HOSTS.TXT DoD Internet Host Table] - June, 1985 (Version number 456)		** [https://github.com/ttkzw/hosts.txt/blob/master/pub/hosts/19850605/HOSTS.TXT DoD Internet Host Table] - June, 1985 (Version number 456)

Jnc: +Chaos confusion fix

2023-12-12T16:17:25Z

+Chaos confusion fix

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	Fairly early on, updated copies were distributed regularly by the [[Network Information Center]], at [[SRI International]]. Eventually, the distribution process used [[File Transfer Protocol\|FTP]].		Fairly early on, updated copies were distributed regularly by the [[Network Information Center]], at [[SRI International]]. Eventually, the distribution process used [[File Transfer Protocol\|FTP]].

	Although the early ones only had the capability to hold [[address]]es for the [[Host-to-IMP Protocol]], site-local variants were augmented to have the capability to hold addresses for a number of different [[protocol suite]]s, such as [[Chaosnet]]. Later versions were expanded to carry [[Internet Protocol]] addresses.		Although the early ones only had the capability to hold [[address]]es for the [[Host-to-IMP Protocol]], site-local variants were augmented to have the capability to hold addresses for a number of different [[protocol suite]]s, such as [[Chaosnet\|Chaos]]. Later versions were expanded to carry [[Internet Protocol]] addresses.

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Jnc: /* External links */ +INFO; TIP > - includes a late NCP host table

2023-09-10T20:05:42Z

External links: +INFO; TIP > - includes a late NCP host table

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	* [https://www.bortzmeyer.org/files/hosts.txt-1982-2.pdf Hostname Table] - June, 1982 (part 2)		* [https://www.bortzmeyer.org/files/hosts.txt-1982-2.pdf Hostname Table] - June, 1982 (part 2)
	* [https://www.bortzmeyer.org/files/hosts.txt-1982-3.pdf Hostname Table] - June, 1982 (part 3)		* [https://www.bortzmeyer.org/files/hosts.txt-1982-3.pdf Hostname Table] - June, 1982 (part 3)
			* [https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/master/files/info/tip.2 INFO; TIP >] - includes a late NCP host table
	* [https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/tree/master/files/syshst syshst] - MIT host table files just before conversion to DNS		* [https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/tree/master/files/syshst syshst] - MIT host table files just before conversion to DNS
	** [https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/master/files/syshst/h3text.1604 h3text.1604] last MIT host table file - 23 June, 1990		** [https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/master/files/syshst/h3text.1604 h3text.1604] last MIT host table file - 23 June, 1990

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2023-08-12T01:14:48Z

External links: missed parts 2+3

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	* [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc597.txt Host Status] - December, 1973		* [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc597.txt Host Status] - December, 1973
	* [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc752.html A Universal Host Table] - January, 1979		* [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc752.html A Universal Host Table] - January, 1979
	* [https://www.bortzmeyer.org/files/hosts.txt-1982-1.pdf Hostname Table] - June, 1982		* [https://www.bortzmeyer.org/files/hosts.txt-1982-1.pdf Hostname Table] - June, 1982 (part 1)
			* [https://www.bortzmeyer.org/files/hosts.txt-1982-2.pdf Hostname Table] - June, 1982 (part 2)
			* [https://www.bortzmeyer.org/files/hosts.txt-1982-3.pdf Hostname Table] - June, 1982 (part 3)
	* [https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/tree/master/files/syshst syshst] - MIT host table files just before conversion to DNS		* [https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/tree/master/files/syshst syshst] - MIT host table files just before conversion to DNS
	** [https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/master/files/syshst/h3text.1604 h3text.1604] last MIT host table file - 23 June, 1990		** [https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/master/files/syshst/h3text.1604 h3text.1604] last MIT host table file - 23 June, 1990

Jnc: Pretty rough, but it's a start

2023-08-11T22:44:50Z

Pretty rough, but it's a start

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The '''host tables''' (sometimes called the '''hostname tables''' - and capitalization varied) were [[file]]s used in the [[ARPANET]] and early [[Internet]] to hold [[mapping]]s from human-readable names (such as 'MIT-Multics') to [[binary]] [[address]]es. Early ones were called the 'Hostname Table'; the name was eventually changed to 'DoD Internet Host Table'.

Fairly early on, updated copies were distributed regularly by the [[Network Information Center]], at [[SRI International]]. Eventually, the distribution process used [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]].

Although the early ones only had the capability to hold [[address]]es for the [[Host-to-IMP Protocol]], site-local variants were augmented to have the capability to hold addresses for a number of different [[protocol suite]]s, such as [[Chaosnet]]. Later versions were expanded to carry [[Internet Protocol]] addresses.

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==See also==

* [[Domain Name System]]

===External links===

* [https://github.com/ttkzw/hosts.txt HOSTS.TXT] - a good collection
** [https://github.com/ttkzw/hosts.txt/blob/master/pub/hosts/19850605/HOSTS.TXT DoD Internet Host Table] - June, 1985 (Version number 456)
**[https://github.com/ttkzw/hosts.txt/blob/master/pub/hosts/19891130/HOSTS.TXT DoD Internet Host Table] - December, 1989 (Version number 1515)
* [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc288.txt Network Host Status] - January, 1972
* [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc597.txt Host Status] - December, 1973
* [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc752.html A Universal Host Table] - January, 1979
* [https://www.bortzmeyer.org/files/hosts.txt-1982-1.pdf Hostname Table] - June, 1982
* [https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/tree/master/files/syshst syshst] - MIT host table files just before conversion to DNS
** [https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/master/files/syshst/h3text.1604 h3text.1604] last MIT host table file - 23 June, 1990

[[Category: ARPANET]]
[[Category: Internet]]