Request for monitor host table updates
A request for sites to update host tables as NIC services move to OFFICE-1.
Ferguson, B., "Request for monitor host table updates", RFC 620, DOI 10.17487/RFC0620, March 1974, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc620>.
@misc{rfc620,
series = {Request for Comments},
number = 620,
howpublished = {RFC 620},
publisher = {RFC Editor},
doi = {10.17487/RFC0620},
url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc620},
author = {B. Ferguson},
title = {{Request for monitor host table updates}},
pagetotal = 1,
year = 1974,
month = mar,
} RFC text
Network Working Group Bill Ferguson (SRI-ARC)
Request for Comments: 620 Mar 1974
NIC # 21993
Request for Monitor Host Table Updates
The ARC/NIC group has successfully been running OFFICE-1 for several
weeks now. Our NIC users have been transferred to that site, and are
receiving all their computation from TYMSHARE. In conjunction with
this change, we would like all sites to change their monitor HOST
tables, effective Friday, March 8, 1974.
The net change we wish to accomplish is the following:
1) Site 53 (octal) is OFFICE-1
2) Site 2 is SRI-ARC
3) The nickname for site 2 is ARC (not NIC)
4) The nickname for site 53 is NIC
Please note that now that NIC services are available from
OFFICE-1, they rather than SRI-ARC should be accessed over the
network as "NIC".
To effect this change, each TENEX site's monitor host table should be
updated in the following manner. The actual host name section should
contain the following entries (they may already be present).
CC.(2,SR1-ARC,USER!SERVER!TENEX)
CC.(253,TYMSHARE-TIP,USER!TIP)
CC.(53,OFFICE-1,USER!SERVER!TENEX)
Further, the NICKNAME table should contain the following entries.
The entry for NIC should be changed to refer to site 53 (octal), and
a new entry for ARC should be added. Specifically, they are:
CC.(2,ARC,NICKNAME!SERVER!USER!TENEX)
CC.(53,NIC,NICKNAME!SERVER!USER!TENEX)
Other Network sites, not running TENEX, should make these changes in
a manner consistent with their operating system.
As mentioned above, these changes are effective on March 8. We will
inform all our users to use the nickname NiC in reference to OFFICE-1
as of this date. Thank you for your co-operation.
ISO Plain Language
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§1Moving NIC Services
Bill Ferguson says the ARC/NIC group had been running OFFICE-1 and had transferred NIC users there, with computation provided by TYMSHARE. He asks all Network sites to change their monitor host tables in connection with this move.
The NIC's users had moved to OFFICE-1. The RFC asks other sites to update the host information they use to reach it.
§2Host and Nickname Changes
The requested entries identify site 53 octal as OFFICE-1 and site 2 as SRI-ARC. The nickname for site 2 should be ARC, and the nickname for site 53 should be NIC.
The RFC gives example TENEX table entries and asks non-TENEX sites to make equivalent changes using their own system conventions.
After the change, the name NIC points to OFFICE-1. The name ARC points to the remaining SRI-ARC host.
§3Effective Date
The requested changes were effective Friday, March 8, 1974. Ferguson says NIC users would use the nickname NIC for OFFICE-1 from that date.
The change had a stated effective date. The RFC asks sites to make their host-table changes for that date.