HOSTS.TXT

hostname table

Date	File
1973-12-12	rfc597.txt
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
1985-07-02	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

RFCs

• RFC 606 Host Names On-line
• RFC 608 HOST NAMES ON-LINE
• RFC 810 DoD INTERNET HOST TABLE SPECIFICATION
• RFC 952 DOD INTERNET HOST TABLE SPECIFICATION
• RFC 1123 Requirements for Internet Hosts — Application and Support