Hesiod is a named implementation that is capable of storing other ambiguous information.
A name service that keeps track of information (e.g., post office servers, printers, and machines) in a distributed network environment such as MITnet. Hesiod keeps track of each registered MIT e-mail user's post office server where his/her e-mail account resides. When configuring an e-mail program that supports the use of hesiod (e.g., Eudora) it's advantageous to specify "hesiod" as your incoming mail server. This eliminates problems associated with your e-mail account being moved to another post office server. E-mail accounts are moved from one server to another from time to time to redistribute the load.
Project information
- Maintainer:
- Registry Administrators
- Driver:
- Not yet selected
- Licence:
- MIT / X / Expat Licence
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main series is the current focus of development.
All packages Packages in Distributions
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hesiod source package in Xenial
Version 3.2.1-3.1~build0.16.04.1 uploaded -
hesiod source package in Trusty
Version 3.2.1-2 uploaded -
hesiod source package in Sid
Version 3.2.1-4 uploaded -
hesiod source package in Precise
Version 3.0.2-20ubuntu1 uploaded -
hesiod source package in Oracular
Version 3.2.1-4build1 uploaded
