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+Ken Harrenstien                                           RFC-811
+Vic White                                            1 March 1982
+Elizabeth Feinler
+Network Information Center
+SRI International
+
+                        HOSTNAMES SERVER
+
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+   The NIC Internet Hostnames Server is an NCP/TCP-based host
+   information program and protocol running on the SRI-NIC
+   machine.  It is one of a series of ARPANET/Internet name
+   services maintained by the Network Information Center (NIC) at
+   SRI International on behalf of the Defense Communications
+   Agency (DCA).  The function of this particular server is to
+   deliver machine-readable name/address information describing
+   networks, gateways, hosts, and eventually domains, within the
+   internet environment.  As currently implemented, the server
+   provides the information outlined in the DoD Internet Host
+   Table Specification (RFC 810).
+
+QUERY/RESPONSE FORMAT
+
+   The name server accepts simple text query requests of the form
+
+      <command key> <argument(s)> [<options>]
+
+   where square brackets ("[]") indicate an optional field.  The
+   command key is a keyword indicating the nature of the request.
+   The defined keys are explained below.
+
+   The response, on the other hand, is of the form
+
+      <response key> : <rest of response>
+
+   where <response key> is a keyword indicating the nature of the
+   response, and the rest of the response is interpreted in the
+   context of the key.
+
+COMMAND/RESPONSE KEYS
+
+   The currently defined keywords are:
+
+      Command Keys:
+
+         HNAME   (find entry with given name)
+         HADDR   (find entry with given address)
+         ALL     (return entire host table)
+         
+
+
+
+                                                         [Page 1]
+
+
+                                                            1 March 1982
+RFC 811                                                 Hostnames Server
+                                                                        
+                                                                        
+      Response Keys:
+
+         ERR     (entry not found, nature of error follows)
+         NET     (entry found, rest of entry follows)
+         GATEWAY (entry found, rest of entry follows)
+         HOST    (entry found, rest of entry follows)
+         BEGIN   (followed by multiple entries)
+         END     (done with BEGIN block of entries)
+
+   More keywords will be added as new needs are recognized.  A
+   more detailed description of the allowed requests/responses
+   will follow.
+
+PROTOCOL
+
+   To access this server from a program, connect to service host
+   (SRI-NIC)
+
+      TCP: port 101 decimal
+      NCP: socket 101 decimal for ICP
+
+   send the information query, and await the response.
+
+   Note:  Care should be taken to interpret the nature of the
+   reply (e.g, single record or multiple record), so that no
+   confusion about the state of the reply results.  An "ALL"
+   request will likely return several hundred or more records of
+   all types (see RFC 810), whereas "HNAME" or "HADDR" will
+   usually return one HOST record, or "BEGIN:", list of host
+   records, "END:", if there is more than one match.
+
+QUERY/RESPONSE EXAMPLES
+
+   1. HNAME Query - Given a name, find the entry or entries that
+   match
+      the name.  For example:
+
+         HNAME SRI-NIC <CRLF>   ;where <CRLF> is a carriage
+      return/
+                                 linefeed, and 'SRI-NIC' is a
+      host name
+
+      The likely response is:
+
+         HOST : 10.0.0.73 : SRI-NIC,NIC : FOONLY-F3 : TENEX : NCP :
+
+      A response may stretch across more than one line.
+      Continuation lines always begin with at least one space.
+      For example:
+
+      HOST : 10.0.0.73 : SRI-NIC,NIC : FOONLY-F3 : TENEX : NCP :
+
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+
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+1 March 1982
+Hostnames Server                                           RFC 811
+                                                                        
+                                                                        
+                                                                        
+   2. HADDR Query - Given an internet address (as specified in
+   RFC
+      796) find the entry or entries that match that address.
+      For example:
+
+         HADDR 10.0.0.73 <CRLF>   ;where <CRLF> is a carriage
+      return/
+                                   linefeed, and '10.0.0.73' is a
+      host
+                                   address
+
+      The likely response is the same as for the HNAME request:
+
+         HOST : 10.0.0.73 : SRI-NIC,NIC : FOONLY-F3 : TENEX : NCP :
+
+
+   3. ALL Query - Deliver the entire internet host table in a
+      machine-readable form.  For example:
+
+         ALL <CRLF>   ;where <CRLF> is a carriage return/linefeed
+
+      The likely response is the keyword 'BEGIN' followed by a
+      colon ':', followed by the entire internet host table in
+      the format specified in RFC 810, followed by 'END:'.  For
+      example:
+
+         BEGIN:
+         NET : 10.0.0.0 : ARPANET :
+         NET : 18.0.0.0 : LCSNET :
+         GATEWAY : 10.0.0.77, 18.8.0.4 : MIT-GW :: MOS : IP/GW :
+         HOST : 10.0.0.73 : SRI-NIC,NIC : TENEX : FOONLY-F3
+            NCP/TELNET, NCP/FTP, TCP :
+         HOST : 10.2.0.11 : SU-TIP, FELT-TIP ::
+         END:
+
+ERROR HANDLING
+
+   1. ERR Reply - may occur on any query, and should be permitted
+   in
+      any access program using the name server.  Errors are of
+   the form
+
+      ERR : <code> : <string> :
+
+         as in
+
+      ERR : NAMNFD : Name not found :
+
+   
+
+
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+
+                                                           1 March 1982
+RFC 811                                                Hostnames Server
+                                                                        
+                                                                        
+   The error code is a unique descriptor, limited to 8 characters
+   in length for any given error.  It may be used by the access
+   program to identify the error and, in some cases, to handle it
+   automatically.  The string is an accompanying message for a
+   given error for that case where the access program simply logs
+   the error message.  Current codes and their associated
+   interpretations are
+
+      NAMNFD        --     Name not found; name not in table
+      ADRNFD        --     Address not found; address not in
+      table
+      ILLCOM        --     Illegal command; command key not
+      recognized
+      TMPSYS        --     Temporary system failure, try again
+      later
+
+REMARKS
+
+   The host name server described above runs over a single global
+   internet host name/address data base.  This data base is an
+   extension of the old ARPANET Hosts.txt file, and is being
+   maintained by the NIC to provide continuity during the
+   transition and expansion to the internet environment.  We view
+   the central administration of a global host name data base,
+   along with this simple name server, as an interim solution on
+   the way to a decentralized, distributed name/address
+   translation service.  The NIC welcomes your comments and
+   suggestions for such an expanded service.  Send comments to
+   NIC@SRI-NIC.
+
+REFERENCES
+
+   1. Feinler, E., Harrenstien, K., Su, Z. and White, V.
+   Official
+      DoD Internet Host Table Specification, RFC 810, Network
+      Information Center, SRI International, March 1, 1982.
+
+   2. Postel, J.  Address Mappings, RFC 796, Information Sciences
+      Inst., Univ. of Southern Calif., Marina Del Rey, Sept.
+   1981.
+
+   3. Pickens, J., Feinler, E., and Mathis, J.  The NIC Name
+   Server,
+      A Datagram-based Information Utility, Network Information
+      Center, SRI International, July 1979.
+
+
+
+
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