Sample hosts file
This file contains the resource records pertaining to the machines in
a particular
zone. Its filename often contains the name of the zone, such as
ucb-hosts or mynet.hosts. This allows multiple
hosts files for machines that serve multiple zones.
Each hosts file must begin with the SOA (start of authority) and NS (name server) resource records, which are generally followed by information on each of the domain's hosts, including records of addresses (A), nicknames (CNAME), host-specific information (HINFO), and well-known services (WKS) available to the domain.
; ; @(#)mynet.hosts 2.0 94/05/27 ; @ IN SOA volga.mynet.COM. dave.mynet.COM ( 1993091901 ; Serial 10800 ; Refresh 1800 ; Retry 3600000 ; Expire 259200 ) ; Minimum IN NS volga.mynet.COM IN NS istanbul.mynet.COM localhost IN A 127.1 volga IN A 132.147.118.1 IN A 132.147.246.1 IN HINFO Intel i486 UNIX IN WKS 132.147.118.1 UDP echo tftp time IN WKS 132.147.118.1 TCP ( telnet discard sunrpc sftp uucp-path systat daytime netstat qotd nntp link chargen ftp auth whois mtp pop rje finger smtp supdup hostnames domain nameserver ) volga-cities IN CNAME volga columbia IN A 132.147.118.2 thames IN A 132.147.118.3 seine IN A 132.147.118.4 IN HINFO Intel i386 UNIX yangtze IN A 132.147.118.5 mekong IN A 132.147.118.6 ; other machine names follow; deleted in example to save space istanbul IN A 132.147.246.25 nairobi IN A 132.147.246.26 IN HINFO Intel i386 UNIX dublin IN A 132.147.246.27
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