Me,too. On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 12:23 PM Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org> wrote:

Randy,

I, too, appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Although I never got to work with Dr. Itojun, he definitely was a pathfinder for IPv6 deployment that we owe a great deal to.

There is a memorial fund for his ISOC Service Award, to which interested people can contribute:

Itojun Service Award <https://www.internetsociety.org/grants-and-awards/itojun-service-award/> internetsociety.org <https://www.internetsociety.org/grants-and-awards/itojun-service-award/> [image: ichirohagino.jpg] <https://www.internetsociety.org/grants-and-awards/itojun-service-award/> <https://www.internetsociety.org/grants-and-awards/itojun-service-award/>

-mel via cell

On Oct 29, 2024, at 8:49 AM, packetcat <packetcat@bastetrix.com> wrote:

On Tue, 29 Oct 2024, at 08:58, Randy Bush wrote:

and today in 2007, itojun died. ipv6 samurai, researcher, netbsd, iab,

... a gentle soul and friend to many

randy

Thank you for sharing these remembrances, Randy. For me these are a good reminder of the very human side of computer networking.

-- packetcat https://bastetrix.com

Thank you for these remembrances, Randy.

There is a memorial fund for his ISOC Service Award, to which interested people can contribute:

https://www.internetsociety.org/grants-and-awards/itojun-service-award/

Thank you for that tip and link, Mel. — Rabbi Rob Thomas Team Cymru "It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.” - Leo McKern