Architecture of the CSNET name server

Authors:
L. Landweber;M. Litzkow;D. Neuhengen;M. Soloman
Affiliations:
University of Wisconsin-Madison;University of Wisconsin-Madison;University of Wisconsin-Madison;University of Wisconsin-Madison
Venue:
SIGCOMM '83 Proceedings of the symposium on Communications Architectures & Protocols
Year:
1983

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Abstract

An important function of CSNET is to simplify communication by electronic mail. To this end, a Name Server facility is being implemented, which will free users from having to understand the complexities of inter-network mail addressing. The Name Server includes a database and accessing software on a central Service Host machine, as well as programs and data structures on CSNET member hosts. We describe the architecture of the Name Server and discuss considerations that lead to its design.