Happy Birthday Internet!?!

markem · 04-07-2009, 10:01 PM

Well, not exactly. Today is the 40th anniversary of the RFC (Request For Comment) structure that formed the IETF that promulgated the Internet.

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0001.txt?number=1

The original "net" wasn't envisioned anything like today or even anything like it was in 1976 (when I started using it). For those of you who think that the acronym "TCP/IP" equals the sum total of "the Internet", you should read through the first several hundred RFCs. Heck, I remember when the IP protocol was made the standard.

I'm old, crusty, and know where all the bodies are buried, so don't mess with me

Hell, I was even involved in the X.25, and X.21 standards bodies back in the day.

So ... hey, you kid! Get offa my lawn! Why, back in my day, I'd have shown you who was boss. . .

04-07-2009, 10:01 PM	#1
markem Bunion Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mark Location: Second Star on the Right Posts: 22,625 Trading: (47)	Happy Birthday Internet!?! Well, not exactly. Today is the 40th anniversary of the RFC (Request For Comment) structure that formed the IETF that promulgated the Internet. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0001.txt?number=1 The original "net" wasn't envisioned anything like today or even anything like it was in 1976 (when I started using it). For those of you who think that the acronym "TCP/IP" equals the sum total of "the Internet", you should read through the first several hundred RFCs. Heck, I remember when the IP protocol was made the standard. I'm old, crusty, and know where all the bodies are buried, so don't mess with me Hell, I was even involved in the X.25, and X.21 standards bodies back in the day. So ... hey, you kid! Get offa my lawn! Why, back in my day, I'd have shown you who was boss. . . __________________ I refuse to belong to any organization that would have me as a member. ~ Groucho Marx