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@ChrisPirillo@mastodon.social 11 min. ago

The early internet's host list was a text file you downloaded from SRI

https://lockergnome.com/internet-hosts-text-file-dns-delegation/

#dns #internet #history #tech

Chris threads magnetic tape onto a big reel while a single long list unspools into a branching tree

The early internet's host list was a text file you downloaded from SRI

In 1982, HOSTS.TXT came over anonymous FTP. A year later, the DNS proposal said the central table's updates were approaching the limit of manageability.

#dns #history #tech #internet

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