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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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===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) | ||
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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/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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[[Category: ARPANET]] | [[Category: ARPANET]] | ||
[[Category: Internet]] | [[Category: Internet]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:03, 28 January 2025
The host tables (sometimes called the hostname tables - and capitalization varied) were files used in the ARPANET and early Internet to hold mappings from human-readable names (such as 'MIT-Multics') to binary addresses. 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 FTP.
Although the early ones only had the capability to hold addresses for the Host-to-IMP Protocol, site-local variants were augmented to have the capability to hold addresses for a number of different protocol suites, such as Chaos. Later versions were expanded to carry Internet Protocol addresses.
See also
External links
- Old Internet Files - a large collection of host tables from 1983 to 1995
- HOSTS.TXT - a good collection
- DoD Internet Host Table - June, 1985 (Version number 456)
- DoD Internet Host Table - December, 1989 (Version number 1515)
- Network Host Status - January, 1972
- Host Status - December, 1973
- A Universal Host Table - January, 1979
- Hostname Table - June, 1982 (part 1)
- Hostname Table - June, 1982 (part 2)
- Hostname Table - June, 1982 (part 3)
- INFO; TIP > - includes a late NCP host table
- syshst - MIT host table files just before conversion to DNS
- h3text.1604 last MIT host table file - 23 June, 1990
