15 Oct
2018
15 Oct
'18
10:11 p.m.
On Oct 15, 2018, at 10:00 PM, Rodney Joffe <rjoffe@centergate.com> wrote:
At NANOG two weeks ago, we had an interesting discussion at one of the lunch tables. One of the subjects we discussed was the original IANA, and RFC Editor, Jon Postel.
Seven of the ten people at the table had never heard of him. Maybe these days it no longer matters who he was, and what he meant to where we are today.
<Sigh>
For those who care about the history of the Internet, and routing and addressing. And protocols…
And the principles that make it “the Internet”, not just “some internets.”
Suzanne