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- 1First RFC1149 avian carrier packet up for auction at Christie's▼The first packet sent via RFC1149 avian carrier is up for auction at Christie's
The first data packet ever sent using RFC 1149, the humorous 1990 protocol for transmitting internet traffic via carrier pigeon, is being auctioned at Christie's as part of a sale of fine printed books, manuscripts and science. The protocol, written by David Waitzman as a joke, became a beloved piece of internet folklore. Collectors and technologists are following the sale of this unusual piece of computing history.
- 2Origins of the RFC, the internet's founding documents●today's TIL from Where Wizards Stay Up Late was about the origins of the RFC or "Request for Comment". i've seen these k
Readers are revisiting the history of the RFC, or Request for Comments, the technical documents that shaped internet standards. Drawing on the book Where Wizards Stay Up Late, one account highlights Steve Crocker's deliberately modest wording when he labeled early documents 'requests for comments' to avoid sounding declarative, explaining their famously collaborative format.