diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/rfc/rfc620.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rfc/rfc620.txt | 45 |
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc620.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc620.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e88918 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc620.txt @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +Network Working Group Bill Ferguson (SRI-ARC) +Request for Comments: 620 Mar 1974 +NIC # 21993 + + + + + Request for Monitor Host Table Updates + +The ARC/NIC group has successfully been running OFFICE-1 for several +weeks now. Our NIC users have been transferred to that site, and are +receiving all their computation from TYMSHARE. In conjunction with +this change, we would like all sites to change their monitor HOST +tables, effective Friday, March 8, 1974. + +The net change we wish to accomplish is the following: +1) Site 53 (octal) is OFFICE-1 +2) Site 2 is SRI-ARC +3) The nickname for site 2 is ARC (not NIC) +4) The nickname for site 53 is NIC +Please note that now that NIC services are available from +OFFICE-1, they rather than SRI-ARC should be accessed over the +network as "NIC". + +To effect this change, each TENEX site's monitor host table should be +updated in the following manner. The actual host name section should +contain the following entries (they may already be present). + +CC.(2,SR1-ARC,USER!SERVER!TENEX) +CC.(253,TYMSHARE-TIP,USER!TIP) +CC.(53,OFFICE-1,USER!SERVER!TENEX) +Further, the NICKNAME table should contain the following entries. +The entry for NIC should be changed to refer to site 53 (octal), and +a new entry for ARC should be added. Specifically, they are: + +CC.(2,ARC,NICKNAME!SERVER!USER!TENEX) + +CC.(53,NIC,NICKNAME!SERVER!USER!TENEX) + +Other Network sites, not running TENEX, should make these changes in +a manner consistent with their operating system. + +As mentioned above, these changes are effective on March 8. We will +inform all our users to use the nickname NiC in reference to OFFICE-1 +as of this date. Thank you for your co-operation. |