First RFC 40 years old

The first request for comments (RFC 1) was published 40 years ago today (7. April 2009). RFCs are standard documents published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Today over 5000 RFCs have been published by IETF. Stephen Crocker, the author of RFC1, recollect some thoughts of the early days:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/opinion/07crocker.html