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| Protocol suite: | TCP/IP. |
| Protocol type: | Application layer protocol. |
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| Ports: | 101 (ICP). 101 (TCP). |
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The NIC Internet Hostname Server is a TCP-based host information program and protocol running on the SRI-NIC machine. It is one of a series of internet name services maintained by the DDN Network Information Center (NIC) at SRI International on behalf of the Defense Communications Agency (DCA). The function of this particular server is to deliver machine-readable name/address information describing networks, gateways, hosts, and eventually domains, within the internet environment. As currently implemented, the server provides the information outlined in the DoD Internet Host Table Specification.
| MAC header | IP header | TCP header | HOSTNAME message |
RFCs:
[RFC 953] HOSTNAME SERVER.
[RFC 811] HOSTNAMES SERVER.
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