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From: PKARP@SRI-IU.ARPA (Peter Karp)
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Subject: DECnet hostname verification
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Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 19:45:04 EST
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Does anyone out there know a fast way to check if a given string
is the name of a DECnet host reachable to the local host?  I don't
consider the act of trying to open a connection to the host to be
fast enough, though pterhaps this is as fast as is possible.  I
once found a file that appeared to be the DECnet host database, but 
its format was quite bizarre.  Also, I have heard that some networks
dynamically configure themselves so no file should be expected to
contain this information.

Replies to me, thanks.

Peter
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