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From: ww0n+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Walter Lloyd Wimer III)
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Subject: Re: Looking for distributed name service
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Date: 17 Jan 90 20:24:45 GMT
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Excerpts from internet.tcp-ip: 17-Jan-90 Looking for distributed nam..
Mark Shepherd@boulder.co (1911)

> What would be ideal is a protocol where a prospective client broadcasts
> a request like "is there anyone out there who can provide service X"
> and then anyone who can sends back an appropriate reply. 


This sounds exactly like the Internet Resource Location Protocol (RLP)
described in RFC 887.  I don't know of any actual implementations,
though, and there seems to be a move to declare this protocol obsolete
and of "historical" interest only.  It's probably worth your time to
look at it, however.


Walt Wimer
Network Development
Carnegie Mellon University