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This isn't the only date that could be considered the "birthday" of the Internet. What about October 29, 1969 or January 1, 1983? Arguably, either the first int
by LocalH 6y ago
This isn't the only date that could be considered the "birthday" of the Internet. What about October 29, 1969 or January 1, 1983? Arguably, either the first intersite link, or the first use of TCP/IP on the network, could be considered just as much the birth of the Internet as we know it as the date of RFC1.
- rswail 6y agoArguably when there was a inter-network link, not inter-host was when the internet was born. But really, like horses, there's no real implications one way or the other. Make it the start of the Unix epoch.
- gumby 6y agoThe early work (including this RFC) was done on 36-bit machines, and no unix machines would be on the net for more than half a decade (and it was at least another decade, and a conversion of the net to IP, before they were a significant number). So probably not an appropriate choice.
- sybercecurity 6y agoTrue. RFC 1 is considered the seed of what is now the IETF though. I've had the honor of working with Steve Crocker on a project years ago. Great guy and still loved to roll up his sleeves and work on problems.