[ih] Dan Lynch has passed away

[vinton cerf]

I remember that one!! We also did TCP interop tests - whoever broke the
most TCPs got a bottle of champagne from yours truly.
v


On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 12:11 PM Bob Hinden <bob.hinden at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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