[ih] Dan Lynch has passed away

[Vint Cerf]

TCP Bakeoff was jon postel's way of getting us to cross-test our TCP
implementations
INTEROP had a broader objective.

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On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 1:51 AM Barbara Denny via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

>  I never went to InterOp but I kinda remember Jim Mathis telling me about
> it starting. Wasn't it originally called TCP Bake Off?
> Very sad to hear about his passing.  Condolences to all his family and
> friends.
> barbara
>     On Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 01:39:39 PM PDT, Craig Partridge via
> Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>  On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 1:45 PM Karl Auerbach via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
> > Dan was a great person.
> >
> > ...
> > In Monterey, at one of the early TCP/IP Interoperability gatherings -
> > around 1987 - I remember overhearing Dan and Craig P. having lunch and
> > discussing network control and management.  From that came the push to
> > develop protocols like SNMP (and HEMS and CMOT) and instrumentation MIBs.
>
>
> That kind of interaction is what I remember best about Dan.  Somehow,
> whenever we were in the same town, he and I usually managed to find a few
> minutes (or in rare cases, a meal) for a quiet discussion.  Usually Dan
> helping (mentoring) me -- I'd see a technical challenge or issue and be
> trying to figure out how to get it fixed.  Dan would invariably have wisdom
> to impart and encouragement too.
>
> I like to think I sometimes returned the favor.  At the 2nd Monterrey
> conference, Dan was trying to figure out a better name for his
> workshop/conference and was running some names past me.  I liked one of
> them and so, as we parted, I said "See you at InterOp!"
>
> Craig
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