; ; hosts -- the hosts database file for AmiTCP/IP ; ; Copyright © 1993 AmiTCP/IP Group, ; 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