Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very interested fans participating, each with their own red pencil, trying to reach a consensus on every word.
If you're in charge of managing domain name space you should treat everybody who asks for a registration the same. Whatever that is - whether it's ni… - Jon Postel
If you're in charge of managing domain name space you should treat everybody who asks for a registration the same. Whatever that is - whether it's ni…
- Jon Postel
The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together. - Jon Postel
The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together.
In general, an implementation must be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior. - Jon Postel
In general, an implementation must be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior.
TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others. - Jon Postel
TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.
A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there. - Jon Postel
A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there.
Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive. - Jon Postel
Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive.
I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet p… - Jon Postel
I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet p…
The world wide web has really been quite spectacular and not something I would have predicted. - Jon Postel
The world wide web has really been quite spectacular and not something I would have predicted.
There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational. - Jon Postel
There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.
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