From 4bfd864f10b68b71482b35c818559068ef8d5797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Voss Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:54:24 +0100 Subject: doc: Add RFC documents --- doc/rfc/rfc2468.txt | 227 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 227 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/rfc/rfc2468.txt (limited to 'doc/rfc/rfc2468.txt') diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc2468.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc2468.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..adcec28 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc2468.txt @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@ + + + + + + +Network Working Group V. Cerf +Request for Comments: 2468 MCI +Category: Informational October 1998 + + + I REMEMBER IANA + + October 17, 1998 + + +Status of this Memo + + This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does + not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this + memo is unlimited. + +Copyright Notice + + Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved. + +Remembrance + + A long time ago, in a network, far far away, a great adventure took + place! + + Out of the chaos of new ideas for communication, the experiments, the + tentative designs, and crucible of testing, there emerged a + cornucopia of networks. Beginning with the ARPANET, an endless + stream of networks evolved, and ultimately were interlinked to become + the Internet. Someone had to keep track of all the protocols, the + identifiers, networks and addresses and ultimately the names of all + the things in the networked universe. And someone had to keep track + of all the information that erupted with volcanic force from the + intensity of the debates and discussions and endless invention that + has continued unabated for 30 years. That someone was Jonathan B. + Postel, our Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, friend, engineer, + confidant, leader, icon, and now, first of the giants to depart from + our midst. + + Jon, our beloved IANA, is gone. Even as I write these words I cannot + quite grasp this stark fact. We had almost lost him once before in + 1991. Surely we knew he was at risk as are we all. But he had been + our rock, the foundation on which our every web search and email was + built, always there to mediate the random dispute, to remind us when + our documentation did not do justice to its subject, to make + difficult decisions with apparent ease, and to consult when careful + consideration was needed. We will survive our loss and we will + remember. He has left a monumental legacy for all Internauts to + + + +Cerf Informational [Page 1] + +RFC 2468 I REMEMBER IANA October 1998 + + + contemplate. Steadfast service for decades, moving when others + seemed paralyzed, always finding the right course in a complex + minefield of technical and sometimes political obstacles. + + Jon and I went to the same high school, Van Nuys High, in the San + Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles. But we were in different + classes and I really didn't know him then. Our real meeting came at + UCLA when we became a part of a group of graduate students working + for Professor Leonard Kleinrock on the ARPANET project. Steve + Crocker was another of the Van Nuys crowd who was part of the team + and led the development of the first host-host protocols for the + ARPANET. When Steve invented the idea of the Request for Comments + series, Jon became the instant editor. When we needed to keep track + of all the hosts and protocol identifiers, Jon volunteered to be the + Numbers Czar and later the IANA once the Internet was in place. + + Jon was a founding member of the Internet Architecture Board and + served continuously from its founding to the present. He was the + FIRST individual member of the Internet Society I know, because he + and Steve Wolff raced to see who could fill out the application forms + and make payment first and Jon won. He served as a trustee of the + Internet Society. He was the custodian of the .US domain, a founder + of the Los Nettos Internet service, and, by the way, managed the + networking research division of USC Information Sciences Institute. + + Jon loved the outdoors. I know he used to enjoy backpacking in the + high Sierras around Yosemite. Bearded and sandaled, Jon was our + resident hippie-patriarch at UCLA. He was a private person but fully + capable of engaging photon torpedoes and going to battle stations in + a good engineering argument. And he could be stubborn beyond all + expectation. He could have outwaited the Sphinx in a staring + contest, I think. + + Jon inspired loyalty and steadfast devotion among his friends and his + colleagues. For me, he personified the words "selfless service". + For nearly 30 years, Jon has served us all, taken little in return, + indeed sometimes receiving abuse when he should have received our + deepest appreciation. It was particularly gratifying at the last + Internet Society meeting in Geneva to see Jon receive the Silver + Medal of the International Telecommunications Union. It is an award + generally reserved for Heads of State, but I can think of no one more + deserving of global recognition for his contributions. + + While it seems almost impossible to avoid feeling an enormous sense + of loss, as if a yawning gap in our networked universe had opened up + and swallowed our friend, I must tell you that I am comforted as I + contemplate what Jon has wrought. He leaves a legacy of edited + documents that tell our collective Internet story, including not only + + + +Cerf Informational [Page 2] + +RFC 2468 I REMEMBER IANA October 1998 + + + the technical but also the poetic and whimsical as well. He + completed the incorporation of a successor to his service as IANA and + leaves a lasting legacy of service to the community in that role. + His memory is rich and vibrant and will not fade from our collective + consciousness. "What would Jon have done?", we will think, as we + wrestle in the days ahead with the problems Jon kept so well tamed + for so many years. + + There will almost surely be many memorials to Jon's monumental + service to the Internet Community. As current chairman of the + Internet Society, I pledge to establish an award in Jon's name to + recognize long-standing service to the community, the Jonathan B. + Postel Service Award, which will be awarded to Jon posthumously as + its first recipient. + + If Jon were here, I am sure he would urge us not to mourn his passing + but to celebrate his life and his contributions. He would remind us + that there is still much work to be done and that we now have the + responsibility and the opportunity to do our part. I doubt that + anyone could possibly duplicate his record, but it stands as a + measure of one man's astonishing contribution to a community he knew + and loved. + +Security Considerations + + Security issues are not relevant to this Remembrance. + +Author's Address + + Vinton G. Cerf + MCI + + EMail: vcerf@mci.net + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Cerf Informational [Page 3] + +RFC 2468 I REMEMBER IANA October 1998 + + +Full Copyright Statement + + Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved. + + This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to + others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it + or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published + and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any + kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are + included on all such copies and derivative works. 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