It's been 20 years today (Oct 16, UTC). Hard to believe.
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… https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2468 Oct 16, 1998.
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
How soon we forget! It was a telephone call to Jon (there was no email) in 1981 that got my group the network that I still manage. He was the editor for the three RFCs that have my name on them. I remember him as a brilliant, kindly, efficient, helpful, and dedicated giant of the early Internet. - Brian On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 10:00:33PM -0400, Rodney Joffe 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…
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2468
Oct 16, 1998.
It is a fact that I learned much of what I initially knew about internetworking by reading the protocols outlined in many of the offical RFC documents. You couldn't pick one of these up without seeing the name Postel at the top. I never met him but give due deference and respect to his work and what it ultimately produced. On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 10:00:33PM -0400, Rodney Joffe 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???
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2468
Oct 16, 1998.
--- Wayne Bouchard web@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/
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