NETWORK WORKING GROUP                                   PEGGY KARP
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS #226                               MITRE
NIC #7625                                               20 SEPT 71
CATEGORIES: D.3
UPDATES: NONE
OBSOLETES: NONE

                  STANDARDIZATION OF HOST MNEUMONICS

IN EACH TELNET IMPLEMENTATION, A LIST OF HOST NMEUMONICS IS PROVIDED
FOR THE USER TO INDICATE THE SERVING HOST DESIRED.  CURRENTLY, EACH
SITE EMPLOYS THEIR OWN SPECIAL LIST.  RATHER THAN REQUIRE THE USER TO
BE COGNIZANT OF THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF EACH LIST, ESPECIALLY WHEN
CHAINED THROUGH SEVERAL HOSTS VIA TELNET, IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT
STANDARD HOST DESIGNATORS BE ADOPTED.

THE FOLLOWING LIST OF SIX CHARACTER DESIGNATORS IS PROPOSED AS THE
STANDARD LIST.  REGISTER ANY OBJECTIONS BY 3 OCTOBER TO P. KARP (703)
893-3500 X2391, X2318. AN OFFICIAL POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION DATE WILL
BE SET ON 8 OCTOBER.

THE LIST:
           HOST #             DESIGNATOR
             1                  UCLA
            65                  UCLA36
             2                  SRIARC
            66                  SRIAI
             3                  UCSB
             4                  UTAH
             6                  MULTCS
            70                  MITDM
             7                  RAND
             8                  SDC
             9                  HARV
            10                  LNCTX2
            74                  LNC360
            11                  STAN
            12                  ILL
            69                  BBN
           133                  BBNB
           144                  AMES
           145                  MITRE
           158                  TIP

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