RFC2468: I remember Jon Postel, by Vint Cerf

Posted by Luyt on Saturday September 10, 2011 @01:09PM
from the tools.ietf.org dept.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2468

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Re:RFC2468: I remember Jon Postel, by Vint Cerf by wpietri on Saturday September 10, 2011 @03:05PM (#2982214)

I never knew him personally, but I definitely felt the loss.

I happened upon the Internet in the late 80s, a wide-eyed college freshman, and the early RFCs taught me a lot about systems design and protocol design.

More than that, they taught me to see the Internet as an endlessly collaborative process. There was no central king-like authority. We were all in it together, figuring it out as we went. We still are.

For that, I owe Jon Postel a debt of gratitude. I always will.

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Re:RFC2468: I remember Jon Postel, by Vint Cerf by xedd on Saturday September 10, 2011 @03:14PM (#2982236)

Thank you for making this post, Luyt. It is a good thing to be reminded of those who did so much to make the present day what it is for us.

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Re:RFC2468: I remember Jon Postel, by Vint Cerf by Getahobby on Saturday September 10, 2011 @10:16PM (#2983009)

Folks, these are the shoulders we are all standing on. Let's try not to mess it up too badly.

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Re:RFC2468: I remember Jon Postel, by Vint Cerf by sanxiyn on Saturday September 10, 2011 @10:04PM (#2982997)

"Jonathan B. Postel, our Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, friend, engineer, confidant, leader, icon, and now, first of the giants to depart from our midst."

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