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- ; hosts -- the hosts database file for AmiTCP/IP
- ;
- ; Copyright ⌐ 1993 AmiTCP/IP Group, <amitcp-group@hut.fi>
- ; Helsinki University of Technology, Finland.
- ; All rights reserved.
- ;
- ; Created : Thu Jul 1 18:26:01 1993 puhuri
- ; Last modified: Mon Jul 12 22:25:17 1993 ppessi
- ;
- ; Comments are from ';' or '#' to end of line
- ;
- ; This file shouls be included from netdb-file with following line:
- ; WITH protocols PREFIX=H
- ;
- ; You can append to or replace this file with "/etc/hosts" from your
- ; local *IX computer. Entries in this file have following format:
- ; (without ';' at begining of line)
- ;
- ; 224.254.43.1 mail.mut.edu.mars mail ftp.mut.edu.mars ftp mut.edu.mars
- ; ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
- ; | | \ these are aliases for the host name
- ; | \ this is the canonicial name of the host
- ; \ this is the IP address of the host
- ;
- ; You can include here all computers that you access with your Amiga.
- ; If you can use nameserver, it is unnecessary. (This file may contain
- ; only the most important hosts.)
- ;
- ; Using nameserver:
- ; + saves your diskspace (of what there is never enough)
- ; + protects you from changes in address of computers.
- ; - if nameserver is down, you can access computers only with its IP
- ; number if it is not in your hosts file.
- ; EOF
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