PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 6: SCAFFOLDING FOR INFLUENCE Tight Braid

"In 1982, the DoD Internet host table was maintained through the ARPANET Network Information Center and distributed as HOSTS.TXT from the SRI-NIC host."

RFC 810 documents a centrally maintained HOSTS.TXT file on SRI-NIC that network administrators could retrieve by FTP.

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