[ih] when did APRANET -TIPs become known as -TACs

[Ole Jacobsen]

I don't recall if TACs ever had the dash, but I am pretty sure the TIPs did not.

See IEN 107 which refers to NORSAR TIP, familiar territory to the late Yngvar Lundh,
Paal Spilling and myself.

https://www.rfc-editor.org/ien/ien107.pdf

Ole

> On Apr 19, 2025, at 14:35, Alexander McKenzie via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> They became TACs when the management of ARPAnet switched from DARPA to DCA
> and login control via user passwords was implemented.  The management shift
> happened in mid-1976 and the login control somewhat later. I've never seen
> the dash notation before and I don't think that is anything other than a
> typo.
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex McKenzie
> 

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