Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!rust.dec.com!kjd From: kjd@rust.dec.com (Kevin J. Dunlap - DECwest Engineering) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: BSD gethostby[addr, name] functions Message-ID: <8909270047.AA00422@decwrl.dec.com> Date: 27 Sep 89 00:47:05 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 23 Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions References: <20955@adm.BRL.MIL> Organization: DECwest Engineering, Bellevue, WA Lines: 18 > > Is the source for the gethostbyname and gethostbyaddr functions available > anywhere on the net by ftp? If so, is it under the Berkeley "as is" > software agreement (can it be used, modified, or redistributed as long > as due credit is given to the University) or is it proprietary? > Yes, and YES. Gethostby* routines are it's part of the BIND package. FTP'able from ucbarpa.berkeley.edu They are also part of the BSD Network distribution. -Kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin J. Dunlap kjd@decwet.dec.com 206/865-8840 Digital Equipment Corporation, 14475 NE 24th St, Bellevue, WA 98007