1993 matches my recollections as well.
Network Working Group S. Bradner
Internet draft Harvard University
A. Mankin
NRL
September 1994
The Recommendation for the IP Next Generation Protocol
<draft-ipng-recommendation-00.txt>
> On 16 Feb 2021, at 04:28, Mel Beckman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> LOL! Well, Mike says “definitely at least 1993”, whereas Wikipedia itself
> says that Wikipedia cannot be trusted. Mike, to my knowledge, has never
> admitted being wrong. So I’m going with Mike :)
>
> I think it was Al Gore who first proposed IPv6, right Mike? :)
>
> -mel beckman
>
>> On Feb 15, 2021, at 6:36 AM, Kenneth J. Dupuis <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 1995? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
>>
>> On Feb 11, 2021 8:51 PM, Michael Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/11/21 5:41 PM, Izaac wrote:
>> >
>> >> IPv6 restores that ability and RFC-1918 is a bandaid for an obsolete
>> >> protocol.
>> > So, in your mind, IPv4 was "obsolete" in 1996 -- almost three years
>> > before IPv6 was even specified? Fascinating. I could be in no way
>> > mistaken for an IPv4/NAT apologist, but that one's new on me.
>>
>> ipv6 was on my radar in the early 90's. it was definitely at least 1993,
>> maybe earlier.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
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