[ih] Dan Lynch has passed away

[Bob Hinden]

Vint,

I remember being at ISI for meeting in the large conference room with the nice view, where you (and John I think) did a test where you would telnet to a host, then start a new Telnet session and telnet to another host, and keep doing that to see how far it went.

Bob


> On Apr 1, 2024, at 5:50 AM, vinton cerf via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Jon's bakeoffs were scheduled, often at ISI, in the late 70's and early
> 80's during my time at ARPA.
> 
> v
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 8:29 AM Dave Crocker via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/31/2024 10:50 PM, Barbara Denny via Internet-history wrote:
>>> asn't it originally called TCP Bake Off?
>> 
>> Bake-offs were part of protocol development from the start of the
>> Internet development.  (And earlier.)  These were narrow efforts to
>> test/ensure interoperability for specific protocols.
>> 
>> If I remember the details correctly...
>> 
>> As the Internet gained adoption, in the latter 1980s, under the auspices
>> of Heidi Heiden and the Defense Data Network, a small meeting was held
>> to facilitate the growing TCP/IP adoption.  Think of it as a technology
>> transfer  event, gathering Internet experts and Internet newbies. There
>> were already some Internet-oriented companies active, but deep knowledge
>> of implementation, deployment, and use of the protocols was still scarce.
>> 
>> The event was quite successful.  Dan asked Heiden whether more were
>> planned, was told no, and decided that having more events like that
>> would be worth pursuing commercially.
>> 
>> 
>> d/
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