hi everyone, i have a question about an ip address in our hosts file: 192.67.67.20 nic.ddn.mil src-nic.arpa it has been in the file since we first brought the box up, but i don't know what it's for, if it's necessary, or what. a whois search doesn't bring back anything for those aliases, but a search on the ip address brings back an organization name of 'SRI International', which has a website (www.sri.com), which doesn't look at all like a site that should be in my hosts file. my hunch is that it was some sort of dns or name resolution site some time ago, and is no longer needed, but i'd like a sanity check on that hunch. can i safely remove this ip from my hosts file? thanks! john 'remove the nospam' maclerran [log in to unmask] * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *