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HOSTS.TXT

hostname table

Date File
Jan. 1974 host_names_1974.pdf
1982-06-10 host_names_1982_part_1.pdf, host_names_1982_part_2.pdf, host_names_1982_part_3.pdf
  • http://www.postel.org/pipermail/internet-history/2008-January.txt

HOSTS.TXT (NCP, before TCP/IP)

Date Version File NET HOST
1983-01-19 - (MIT/Stanford) HOSTS.TXT (*1) 44 558
1983-02-01 - (MIT/Stanford) HOSTS.TXT (*2) 44 560
1983-03-05 - (MIT/Stanford) HOSTS.TXT (*3) 44 498
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]1
  • *2) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]2
  • *3) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]4

HOSTS.TXT (TCP/IP, before DOMAIN NAME)

Date Version File NET GATEWAY HOST
1983-05-27 - HOSTS.TXT (*1) 79 37 479
1983-06-15 - HOSTS.TXT (*2) 80 37 494
1983-07-15 - HOSTS.TXT (*3) 84 37 519
1983-07-28 - HOSTS.TXT (*4) 84 37 521
1983-11-04 320 HOSTS.TXT (*5) 111 51 614
1983-11-24 322 HOSTS.TXT (*6) 112 56 620
1984-01-13 325 HOSTS.TXT (*7) 112 61 647
1984-02-10 331 HOSTS.TXT (*8) 127 65 683
1984-02-24 332 HOSTS.TXT (*9) 128 66 699
1984-03-12 335 HOSTS.TXT (*10) 130 67 715
1985-03-22 436 HOSTS.TXT (*11) 203 100 1325
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.OLD[HST,NET]
  • *2) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]5
  • *3) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]6
  • *4) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]7
  • *5) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]8
  • *6) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]9
  • *7) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]10
  • *8) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]11
  • *9) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]12
  • *10) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]13
  • *11) http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tops20_v6_1_tcpip_installation_tp_ft6/06/new-system/hosts.txt (edited)

HOSTS.TXT (TCP/IP, DOMAIN NAME(The Initial and Temporary Domain))

See also RFC 897, RFC 881, and RFC 921.

Date Version File NET GATEWAY HOST
1984-03-27 340 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 135 69 732
1984-04-19 343 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 139 72 756
1984-04-27 344 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 140 73 766
1984-06-25 353 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 144 79 841
1984-07-13 359 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 147 82 877
1984-11-28 405 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 185 96 1122
1984-12-21 412 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 187 98 1138
1985-01-02 413 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 187 98 1142
1985-01-30 421 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 190 98 1187
1985-02-12 425 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 198 99 1245
1985-04-22 444 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 214 101 1423
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]14
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]15
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]16
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.353[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]17
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]18
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]19
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]20
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]21
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.425[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.444[HST,NET]

HOSTS.TXT (TCP/IP, DOMAIN NAME)

Some host tables were modified.

Date Version File NET GATEWAY HOST
1985-06-05 456 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 227 108 1528
1985-07-01 462 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 227 109 1628
1985-09-03 478 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 258 110 1775
1986-02-05 515 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 328 112 2170
1986-05-05 536 HOSTS.TXT (*1) 437 126 2497
1986-07-24 557 HOSTS.TXT (*1)(Stanford/NIC) 471 131 3453
1986-12-23 598 HOSTS.TXT (*1)(Stanford/NIC) 536 168 4481
1987-03-06 614 HOSTS.TXT (*1)(Stanford/NIC) 567 178 4728
1987-05-26 637 HOSTS.TXT (*1)(Stanford/NIC) 629 182 5344
1988-02-04 712 HOSTS.TXT (*3)(edited) 808 224 5491
1988-10-03 783 HOSTS.TXT (*1)(Stanford/NIC) 1078 254 7854
1988-11-28 800 HOSTS.TXT (*1)(Stanford/NIC) 1183 260 7803
1988-12-08 803 HOSTS.TXT (*4)(SRI-NIC) 1197 265 1837
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.456[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.462[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.478[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.515[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.536[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]24
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]25
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]26
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]27
  • *3) http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/bb-ev83b-bm/01/new-system/hosts.txt
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]28
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]29
  • *4) http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/SRI_NIC_PERM_FS_1_19910112/01/system/hosts.txt

HOSTS.TXT (TCP/IP, DOMAIN NAME, NIC.DDN.MIL)

These were available online at host NIC.DDN.MIL.

Some host tables were modified.

Date Version File NET GATEWAY HOST
1989-11-30 909 HOSTS.TXT (*1)(Stanford/NIC) 2084 356 9130
1990-03-12 934 HOSTS.TXT (*1)(Stanford/NIC) 2310 386 9362
1990-05-21 954 HOSTS.TXT (*5) 2642 379 6038
1990-08-02 975 HOSTS.TXT (*1)(Stanford/NIC) 3015 384 9761
1990-08-30 983 HOSTS.TXT (*6) 3097 385 5770
1990-11-29 1008 HOSTS.TXT (*7)(padding by \x00) 1397 423 5794
1992-02-03 1112 HOSTS.TXT (*8) 11484 526 7653
1992-07-23 1160 HOSTS.TXT (*9) 14189 572 7450
1993-10-28 1290 HOSTS.TXT (*10) 36889 526 6529
1994-04-15 1333 HOSTS.TXT (*11) 7678 523 5356
1995-05-17 1425 HOSTS.TXT (*12) 3190 512 4607
1995-09-07 1426 HOSTS.TXT (*13) 3350 510 4758
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]30
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.589[HST,NET]
  • *5) ftp://ftp.sam.math.ethz.ch/pub/doc/hosts.txt
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]
  • *6) https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/athena/reference/net-directory/host-tables/hosts.txt
  • *7) http://malarky.udel.edu/~dmills/data/du0/HOSTS.TXT
  • *8) http://eniac.oxi.ch/eniac/internet/hosts.txt
  • *9) https://vtluug.org/files/hosts
  • *10) http://cd.textfiles.com/internetinfo/inet/netinfo/hosts.txt
  • *11) http://ftp.univie.ac.at/netinfo/netinfo/hosts.txt
  • *12) ftp://ftp2.de.freebsd.org/pub/misc/standards/infomagic/inet/netinfo/hosts.txt
  • *13) http://cd.textfiles.com/group42/INTERNET/HOSTS.TXT

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