HOSTS.TXT

hostname table

DateFile
Jan. 1974host_names_1974.pdf
1982-06-10host_names_1982_part_1.pdfhost_names_1982_part_2.pdfhost_names_1982_part_3.pdf
  • http://www.postel.org/pipermail/internet-history/2008-January.txt

HOSTS.TXT (NCP, before TCP/IP)

DateVersionFileNETHOST
1983-01-19– (MIT/Stanford)HOSTS.TXT(*1)44558
1983-02-01– (MIT/Stanford)HOSTS.TXT(*2)44560
1983-03-05– (MIT/Stanford)HOSTS.TXT(*3)44498
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]1
  • *2) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]2
  • *3) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]4

HOSTS.TXT (TCP/IP, before DOMAIN NAME)

DateVersionFileNETGATEWAYHOST
1983-05-27HOSTS.TXT(*1)7937479
1983-06-15HOSTS.TXT(*2)8037494
1983-07-15HOSTS.TXT(*3)8437519
1983-07-28HOSTS.TXT(*4)8437521
1983-11-04320HOSTS.TXT(*5)11151614
1983-11-24322HOSTS.TXT(*6)11256620
1984-01-13325HOSTS.TXT(*7)11261647
1984-02-10331HOSTS.TXT(*8)12765683
1984-02-24332HOSTS.TXT(*9)12866699
1984-03-12335HOSTS.TXT(*10)13067715
1985-03-22436HOSTS.TXT(*11)2031001325
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.OLD[HST,NET]
  • *2) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]5
  • *3) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]6
  • *4) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]7
  • *5) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]8
  • *6) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]9
  • *7) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]10
  • *8) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]11
  • *9) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]12
  • *10) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]13
  • *11) http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tops20_v6_1_tcpip_installation_tp_ft6/06/new-system/hosts.txt (edited)

HOSTS.TXT (TCP/IP, DOMAIN NAME(The Initial and Temporary Domain))

See also RFC 897, RFC 881, and RFC 921.

DateVersionFileNETGATEWAYHOST
1984-03-27340HOSTS.TXT(*1)13569732
1984-04-19343HOSTS.TXT(*1)13972756
1984-04-27344HOSTS.TXT(*1)14073766
1984-06-25353HOSTS.TXT(*1)14479841
1984-07-13359HOSTS.TXT(*1)14782877
1984-11-28405HOSTS.TXT(*1)185961122
1984-12-21412HOSTS.TXT(*1)187981138
1985-01-02413HOSTS.TXT(*1)187981142
1985-01-30421HOSTS.TXT(*1)190981187
1985-02-12425HOSTS.TXT(*1)198991245
1985-04-22444HOSTS.TXT(*1)2141011423
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]14
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]15
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]16
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.353[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]17
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]18
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]19
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]20
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]21
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.425[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.444[HST,NET]

HOSTS.TXT (TCP/IP, DOMAIN NAME)

Some host tables were modified.

DateVersionFileNETGATEWAYHOST
1985-06-05456HOSTS.TXT(*1)2271081528
1985-07-02462HOSTS.TXT(*1)2271091628
1985-09-03478HOSTS.TXT(*1)2581101775
1986-02-05515HOSTS.TXT(*1)3281122170
1986-05-05536HOSTS.TXT(*1)4371262497
1986-07-24557HOSTS.TXT(*1)(Stanford/NIC)4711313453
1986-12-23598HOSTS.TXT(*1)(Stanford/NIC)5361684481
1987-03-06614HOSTS.TXT(*1)(Stanford/NIC)5671784728
1987-05-26637HOSTS.TXT(*1)(Stanford/NIC)6291825344
1988-02-04712HOSTS.TXT(*3)(edited)8082245491
1988-10-03783HOSTS.TXT(*1)(Stanford/NIC)10782547854
1988-11-28800HOSTS.TXT(*1)(Stanford/NIC)11832607803
1988-12-08803HOSTS.TXT(*4)(SRI-NIC)11972651837
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.456[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.462[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.478[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.515[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.536[HST,NET]
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]24
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]25
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]26
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]27
  • *3) http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/bb-ev83b-bm/01/new-system/hosts.txt
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]28
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]29
  • *4) http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/SRI_NIC_PERM_FS_1_19910112/01/system/hosts.txt

HOSTS.TXT (TCP/IP, DOMAIN NAME, NIC.DDN.MIL)

These were available online at host NIC.DDN.MIL.

Some host tables were modified.

DateVersionFileNETGATEWAYHOST
1989-11-30909HOSTS.TXT(*1)(Stanford/NIC)20843569130
1990-03-12934HOSTS.TXT(*1)(Stanford/NIC)23103869362
1990-05-21954HOSTS.TXT(*5)26423796038
1990-08-02975HOSTS.TXT(*1)(Stanford/NIC)30153849761
1990-08-30983HOSTS.TXT(*6)30973855770
1990-11-291008HOSTS.TXT(*7)(padding by \x00)13974235794
1992-02-031112HOSTS.TXT(*8)114845267653
1992-07-231160HOSTS.TXT(*9)141895727450
1993-10-281290HOSTS.TXT(*10)368895266529
1994-04-151333HOSTS.TXT(*11)76785235356
1995-05-171425HOSTS.TXT(*12)31905124607
1995-09-071426HOSTS.TXT(*13)33505104758
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]30
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.589[HST,NET]
  • *5) ftp://ftp.sam.math.ethz.ch/pub/doc/hosts.txt
  • *1) http://www.saildart.org/HOSTS.TXT[HST,NET]
  • *6) https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/athena/reference/net-directory/host-tables/hosts.txt
  • *7) http://malarky.udel.edu/~dmills/data/du0/HOSTS.TXT
  • *8) http://eniac.oxi.ch/eniac/internet/hosts.txt
  • *9) https://vtluug.org/files/hosts
  • *10) http://cd.textfiles.com/internetinfo/inet/netinfo/hosts.txt
  • *11) http://ftp.univie.ac.at/netinfo/netinfo/hosts.txt
  • *12) ftp://ftp2.de.freebsd.org/pub/misc/standards/infomagic/inet/netinfo/hosts.txt
  • *13) http://cd.textfiles.com/group42/INTERNET/HOSTS.TXT

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