On Oct 1, 2008, at 10:49 PM, Scott Francis wrote:
nice writeup by Mr. Cerf:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/
20081001_remembering_jon_postel_a_decade/
I was not fortunate enough to have known Mr. Postel, but I have
developed a deep posthumous respect for the work he did from listening
to what others have had to say about him, and from using (and
benefiting from) his legacy on a daily basis. He was not alone among
the pioneers who enabled the Internet to become what it is today, but
there weren't many who made such a significant contribution.
You may want to then consider coming to the next NANOG being held in
just under two weeks time in Los Angeles (http://www.nanog.org/). This
NANOG celebrates Jon's contributions on the 10th Anniversary of his
passing (Oct 16) and includes a rare keynote opening speech by Vint
Cerf, as well as a 90 minute panel of folks who were "there" when some
important decisions were made, and who will share with us the reasons
some of those decisions were made. Panelists like Paul Mockapetris who
invented the DNS, Bob Braden who has taken care of much of Jon's role
as RFC editor since Jon left us, Danny Cohen who Jon worked for, and
who also worked for Jon ;-) at ISI in the '70s, Bob Hinden who was the
ietf's first Area Director for routing, Lixia Zhang who was part of a
small group of 6 including Jon who tackled the issues of addressing
for the iab/iesg, and Van Jacobson, who you probably know mostly for
his congestion control work, but who Paul Francis "credits" for the
concept of NAT. Of course these folks had many other key contributions
to "the Internets".
Besides these official speakers at NANOG 44 you'll also get to meet in
person many of Jon's peers and friends from the early days. I hesitate
to name any, but if you listen carefully in the hallways, and for
comments from the audience during this NANOG, you'll pick up on them.
If you want to get to know more about some of the people who really
gave us the opportunity to do the things we do today, this is probably
the NANOG you want to attend. BTW, it is a joint meeting with ARIN, so
you get a two'fer.
""be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from
others" - Postel's Law