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From: steve@BRILLIG.UMD.EDU (Steve D. Miller)
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Subject: Fetching host tables from the NIC
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Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 15:10:23 EST
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   For a few days now, I've had problems in reaching the NIC.  When I try to
fetch HOSTS.TXT, do a whois lookup, or just to telnet in, I sometimes get
TCP resets, and sometimes just get timeouts.  When I last telnetted to the
SMTP port on the NIC, though, it worked fine.  If it was just timeouts, I
wouldn't be so surprised, but it seems strange to me that the NIC would tell
me to go away when I try to reach certain well-known ports and not others.

   Is something funny going on out there?  I'd sure like to update my
host tables, for those last few machines who need to use it...

	-Steve