[ih] Where was the first host name table?

[John Day]

Again we have another example of “the effect of T. S. Eliot on Shakespeare.”

It was a short table.  Everyone’s implementation did their own table. I think the official list was at the NIC. That was before the network map would no longer fit on one 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and you couldn’t print who was up and who was down from a well-known port at the NMC.

> On Mar 11, 2019, at 22:46, reed at reedmedia.net wrote:
> 
> RFC 15 (1969-09-25) says the telnet access to a serving host connects 
> using an official site name, such as SRI, UCLA, UCSB, or UTAH.
> 
> But where or how are these names mapped to its network address?
> What would map UCLA to 1 and SRI to 2 and USCB to 3 and UTAH to 4 for 
> example?
> 
> Does this name mapping source code and data exist?
> 
> RFC 11 about the Operating System of the UCLA HOST describes some tables 
> for remote host number, connection number, and input link number. If I 
> am reading correctly 3.4.1(a)(ii) alphabetical letters map to a bit for 
> the link number.
> 
> Any other early documentation on mapping names to numbers?
> Also would an early mapping need to know a link number and a host 
> number?
> 
> I see RFC 76 (1970-10) proposes a way to ask a host for socket number 
> by name (such as TTY). But how to get to that host in the first place 
> using a name?
> 
> RFC 606 (1973-12) says each site maintains its on host list. An example 
> of names are in RFC 235 Site status and later updates. I don't see any 
> standard format until proposed in RFC 606 and then RFC 608 (1974-01) 
> which first introduces HOSTS.TXT. (Or where is HOSTS.TXT as a name 
> documented prior to that?)
> 
> I'd like to understand the use of names between systems prior to 
> HOSTS.TXT.
> 
> (By the way, are there any recorded or logged output of TELNET, FTP, and 
> FTP MAIL sessions in that early 1970's environment, so I can better 
> understand the real use?)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  Jeremy C. Reed
> 
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> 
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