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Re:Tell HN: Amazon now owns 3.0.0.0/8 by hlau on Thursday November 08, 2018 @12:06PM (#18407777)
The IANA was responsible for assigning IP addresses back then. It was basically one dude, Jon Postel( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel ), until it was formalized as an organization in 1988.
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Re:Tell HN: Amazon now owns 3.0.0.0/8 by koolba on Thursday November 08, 2018 @12:09PM (#18407808)
s/basically one/one amazing/
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Re:Tell HN: Amazon now owns 3.0.0.0/8 by hlau on Thursday November 08, 2018 @12:19PM (#18407902)
The foundational work he did was definitely impressive. But the fact that it fell to one guy also spoke to how low the stakes were at the time.
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