Jon Postel was instrumental in making the Internet what it is today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel The Wik

Jon Postel was instrumental in making the Internet what it is today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel The Wikipedia article is kinda unclear and doesn't provide the proper context, so: - Ran IANA, which assigned IP addresses for the Internet. - Editor of RFCs, which are documents that defined protocols in use by the Internet. - He wrote a bunch of important RFCs that defined how some very important protocols should work. - Created or helped create SMTP, DNS, TCP/IP, ARPANET, etc.