[dns-operations] about the underline in hostname

[Tony Finch]

wbrown at e1b.org <wbrown at e1b.org> wrote:
>
> Interesting reading.  I bet Site 1 was quite popular:
>
> --- quoting RFC 229 ---
> Site                  Standard Name              Alternate Name
> ----                  -------------              --------------
> 1                     UCLA-NMC                     SEX
> --- end quote ---

The name comes from "Sigma-7 Experimental Timesharing System"

http://www.postel.org/pipermail/internet-history/2012-May/002208.html

Tony.
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