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Happy 40th Birthday, Internet RFCs

Posted by timothy on from the more-pigeons-what-say-ye dept.

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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  1. Love the cooperation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    All the RFCs and standards guarantee smooth access to goatse.

  2. Re:RFC0? HELO computer, NE1 127.0.0.1? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    According to the RFC1 comments, Max Packer has a 5 inch taint. I hope that this was taken into consideration but the RFC creator. Actually the RFC reads like meeting minutes, rather than an iterative document that is the result of many iterations of comments.