Happy 40th Birthday, Internet RFCs

WayHomer was one of several readers to point out the 40th birthday of an important tool in the formation of the Internet, and a look back at it by the author of the first of many. "Stephen Crocker in the New York Times writes, 'Today is an important date in the history of the Internet: the 40th anniversary of what is known as the Request for Comments (RFC).' 'RFC1 — Host Software' was published 40 years ago today, establishing a framework for documenting how networking technologies and the Internet itself work. Distribution of this memo is unlimited."

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Re:RFC0? HELO computer, NE1 127.0.0.1?

[vlm]

The funniest part of your post was using a ip version 4 address in your header but referencing the early days.

Check out RFC 208 to see how addressing was actually done in the old days.

6 bits of IMP (essentially the network address)
2 bits of host

8 bits total.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc208