Home›Articles›From a single hosts table to a distributed name databaseArticleFrom a single hosts table to a distributed name databaseArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnPaul Mockapetris, Pioneers Well-attested SourcesWikipedia: Paul Mockapetristier 2Wikimedia FoundationCareerQuote, CareerHe had recognized the problem in the early Internet (then ARPAnet) of holding name to address translations in a single table on the hosts file of an operating system. Instead he proposed a distributed and dynamic DNS database: essentially DNS as it exists today.View the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.