In Memoriam

Jon Postel

Protocol designer extraordinaire and friend

Author or co-author of the following titles:

RFCs 764 and 854, Telnet

RFC 791, Internet Protocol (IP)

RFC 792, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)

RFC 793, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

RFC 768, User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

RFC 821, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

RFC 937, POP Mail Protocol (POP)

RFCs 765 and 959, File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

…and hundreds of other Internet specifications