tnamed is a server that supports the DARPA Name Server Protocol. The name server operates at the port indicated in the ``name'' service description (see services(5)), and is invoked by inetd(8C) when a request is made to the name server.
Two known clients of this service are the MIT PC/IP software the Bridge boxes.
The service only deals with the most trivial form of names like ``krypton'', and does support the uucp(1C) !host!net name format.