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From: bernstei@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Pilot Project: Hosts Table To Be Available Over Internet
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Date: 21 Oct 89 22:56:25 GMT
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In article <[A.ISI.EDU]21-Oct-89.15:24:28.CERF>
CERF@A.ISI.EDU (Vint Cerf) writes:
> I STRONGLY endorse every effort to move
> to a Domain Name System basis as soon as possible.

We also encourage all sites to move to a distributed database if possible.
Our hosts table is aimed at sites that do not have reliable DNS access.

---Dan Bernstein, bernstei@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu