in.tnamed is a server that supports the DARPA Name Server Protocol. The name server operates at the port indicated in the "name" service description (see services(4)), and is invoked by inetd(1M) when a request is made to the name server.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
uucp(1C), inetd(1M), services(4), attributes(5)
Postel, Jon, Internet Name Server, IEN 116, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, August 1979.
The protocol implemented by this program is obsolete. Its use should be phased out in favor of the Internet Domain Name Service (DNS) protocol.
