From 4bfd864f10b68b71482b35c818559068ef8d5797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Voss Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:54:24 +0100 Subject: doc: Add RFC documents --- doc/rfc/rfc239.txt | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/rfc/rfc239.txt (limited to 'doc/rfc/rfc239.txt') diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc239.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc239.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b70fb06 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc239.txt @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ + + + + + + +Network Working Group R. Braden +Request for Comments: #239 UCLA-CCN +NIC 7664 23 September 1971 +Categories: D.3 +Related: #226, 229, 236 + + HOST MNEMONICS PROPOSED IN RFC #226 + + (Note from NIC: These are comments sent by R.Braden to P. Karp in NIC + 7626, and are now issued as NIC 7664, RFC 239 to include them in the + dialogue along with RFC 226, 229, 236) + + CCN is in full agreement that a standard set of host mnemonics + should be selected. However, your proposed set is not fully + satisfactory. + + 1. The set you suggest was created, I assume, by the systems + programmer(s) who wrote TELNET in TENEX. It is a set of + historical accidents, and shows it. + + 2. A better source for standard mnemonics might be the NIC site + codes, since these have been chosen with more care and will + become familiar as we begin to use the NIC on-line. Surely + the NIC is a more reasonable source for a defacto standard + than a particular system programmer. + + 3. Should mnemonics be limited to 6 characters? + + 4. The most recent list from BBN (NIC #7181, RFC #208, + August 9, 1971) shows 40 hosts. You show only 20. Your + proposed standard should include known hosts at this time. + + 5. The mnemonic "UCLA36" seems a particularly bad choice; "UCLA91" + would be much better. + + 6. Also, we at CCN object to the short form "UCLA" for the NMC + Sigma 7; that also is historical. We propose the following: + + host 1: UCLAS7 or UCLANM; host 65: UCLA91. + + 7. "SRIARC" is a poor choice; everybody calls it the NIC. So we + suggest "SRINIC" for host 2. + + Please, let's not perpetrate systems programmers' midnight + decisions on all future Network users! Standards are vital, and + deserve a little care. + + [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ] + [ into the online RFC archives by BBN Corp. under the ] + [ direction of Alex McKenzie. 12/96 ] +9 + + + [Page 1] + -- cgit v1.2.3