[ih] Today’s Internet Still Relies on an ARPANET-Era Protocol: The Request for Comments (Steve Crocker)

[Dave Crocker]

On 8/7/2020 4:11 PM, Bernie Cosell via Internet-history wrote:
> On 7 Aug 2020 at 11:52, the keyboard of geoff goodfel wrote:
> 
>> *The RFC may be the ARPANET’s most enduring legacy*
>> EXCERPT:
> 
> On FB I opined that SMTP might be a contender [and mentioned that I'm told
> that FTP and TELNET are still used, but I barely believe it :o)]


An email message from the mid-1970s is nearly compatible with today's 
Internet Mail.

The most essential difference, of course, is hostnames vs. domain names. 
  But I believe nothing else.

d/


-- 
Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net