Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!NIC.DDN.MIL!tcp-ip-RELAY From: tcp-ip-RELAY@NIC.DDN.MIL Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: (none) Message-ID: <8911140139.AA12583@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 14 Nov 89 01:39:26 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 126 tcp-ip-relay F4.N494.Z5.FIDONET.ORG TCP-IP-RES.RURES .WSU.EDU tcp-ip-user@CS DUPHY4.DREXEL.EDU tcp-ip-users LBL.GOV tcp-ip-users BNLUX0.BNL.GOV TCP-IP CARLETON.BITNET tcp-ip CS.MCGILL.CA TCP-IP MSSTATE.EDU TCP-IP NET.NRL.NAVY.MIL tcp-ip NETLABS.COM tcp-ip RIACS.EDU TCP-IP SPAM.ISTC.SRI.COM tcp-ip SCCGATE.SCC.COM tcp-ip TWG.COM tcp-ip USAFA.AF.MIL tcp-ip USNA.USNA.NAVY.MIL tcp-ip UTDALVM1.UTDALLAS.EDU tcp-ip UV4.EGLIN.AF.MIL TCP-IP VAX01.AMS.COM TCP-IP VENERA.ISI.EDU TCP-IP XX.DREA.DND.CA TCP-IP mbunix.mitre.org tcp-ips PURDUE.EDU tcp-ip-local MDC.COM tcp-ip-relay XEROX.COM tcp-ip^.x INTERLAN.COM tcp-sig TRWIND.TRW.COM tcp saturn.acc.com tcpip-col OMNIGATE.CLARKSON.EDU tcpip-local ALDNCF.ALCOA.COM tcpip CAM.UNISYS.COM tcpip SED.CEEE.NIST.GOV tcpip SIMPACT.COM tcpip CIM-VAX.HONEYWELL.COM tcpip isdres.isd.usgs.gov tcpip LOGICON.ARPA tcpip muvms1.bitnet tcpip anes.ucla.edu tcp-ipg ncs.dnd.ca tcpipinfo MSR.EPM.ORNL.GOV tcpnews WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM teecp-ip HAC2ARPA.HAC.COM thomson%aries DTRC.ARPA tinker CTS.SRI.COM tony FORALIE.ICS.HAWAII.EDU torben USC-SCE.USC.EDU tsudik CSAM.LBL.GOV van GARGOYLE.UCHICAGO.EDU vijit!tcplist DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU warlick CSLI.STANFORD.EDU whp4 NARDACVA.ARPA yx0quinn Received: from ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU by NIC.DDN.MIL with TCP; Mon, 13 Nov 89 10:15:49 PST Received: by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (5.61/1.39) id AA12693; Mon, 13 Nov 89 10:08:06 -0800 Received: from USENET by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU with netnews for tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa (tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa) (contact usenet@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU if you have questions) Date: 13 Nov 89 17:08:55 GMT From: hercules!sparkyfs!aai8.itstd.sri.com!mckenney@apple.com (Paul E. McKenney) Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park CA Subject: Re: Pilot Project: Hosts Table To Be Available Over Internet Message-Id: <28690@sparkyfs.istc.sri.com> References: <1872@yale-bulldog.yale.UUCP>, <71367@uunet.UU.NET>, <1989Nov6.154134.16530@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> Sender: tcp-ip-relay@NIC.DDN.MIL To: tcp-ip@NIC.DDN.MIL In article <1989Nov6.154134.16530@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> dennis@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Dennis Ferguson) writes: >I can think of two reasons [for a host table] with some merit: [ . . . two reasons omitted . . . ] A third reason is to allow people to analyze the distributions of hostnames and internet addresses. Thanx, Paul