[ih] IANA

Bob Braden braden at ISI.EDU
Sat Aug 29 13:39:14 PDT 2009


Vint Cerf wrote:
> Steve,
>
> thanks for trying to get this straight. It's amazing how much we've 
> forgotten.
>
> Jake, when did Jon come to SRI? Did the NIC maintain the host.txt file 
> initially (that sounds right to me)?
>
> vint
I suspect that the very first host.txt file came out of BBN and was 
informally circulated. But I believe that the NIC first formalized its 
format and distribution.

Bob Braden






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