[ih] Dan Lynch has passed away

[Sivasubramanian M]

Truly Dan Lynch's  vision of an expanded Internet was probably what
directed the early growth of the Internet towards becoming what it is
today. Please do pass on my tributes and condolences as from a person who
has never known him in hisliftime.

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy

On Mon, 1 Apr, 2024, 21:54 vinton cerf via Internet-history, <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> 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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