[ih] Dotted decimal notation

[Andrew G. Malis]

Brian,

I believe that it was RFC 780, page 21. It's also in RFC 790, page 2 (the
same text you quoted from RFC 820).

Cheers,
Andy


On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 3:55 PM Brian E Carpenter via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Can anyone recall when and by whom the dotted decimal notation for IPv4
> addresses was invented? This text first appeared in RFC820 (January 1983):
>
>    One commonly used notation for internet host addresses divides the
>    32-bit address into four 8-bit fields and specifies the value of each
>    field as a decimal number with the fields separated by periods.  This
>    is called the "dotted decimal" notation.  For example, the internet
>    address of ISIF in dotted decimal is 010.002.000.052, or 10.2.0.52.
>
> The leading zeroes are not considered valid these days.
>
> Thanks
>    Brian Carpenter
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