Any chance this will be captured (maybe professionally via HD:)?
Unfortunately I cannot be there but would really appreciate being in the
audience.
tv
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodney Joffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Scott Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: remembering Jon Postel: Looking Beyond the Decade
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
