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> the Internet had a hosts file you were expected to keep up to date I wasn't online back then so don't take my word for it, but my understanding is that diffe
by southerntofu 5y ago
> the Internet had a hosts file you were expected to keep up to date
I wasn't online back then so don't take my word for it, but my understanding is that different people maintained different hosts files. There was not a single Internet-wide hosts file, although one of these hosts files was somewhat more popular than others (due to who was maintaining it).
- wrs 5y agoI used the Internet at CMU during the pre-DNS era, and my recollection is that the official hosts file came from SRI-NIC (this is corroborated by the ICANN history [0]). [0] https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-023-04nov16-en.pdf https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-023-04nov1...