Re: DoD IP Space

[Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>]

1993 matches my recollections as well.

Network Working Group                                         S. Bradner
Internet draft                                        Harvard University
                                                               A. Mankin
                                                                     NRL
                                                          September 1994


         
The Recommendation for the IP Next Generation Protocol


                  <draft-ipng-recommendation-00.txt>



> On 16 Feb 2021, at 04:28, Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:
>
> LOL! Well, Mike says “definitely at least 1993”, whereas Wikipedia itself says that Wikipedia cannot be trusted. 
> Mike, to my knowledge, has never admitted being wrong. So I’m going with Mike :)
>
> I think it was Al Gore who first proposed IPv6, right Mike? :)
>
>  -mel beckman
>
> > On Feb 15, 2021, at 6:36 AM, Kenneth J. Dupuis <ken () kjtd net> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 1995? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
> >
> > On Feb 11, 2021 8:51 PM, Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com> wrote:
> >
> > On 2/11/21 5:41 PM, Izaac wrote: 
> > > > IPv6 restores that ability and RFC-1918 is a bandaid for an obsolete protocol. 
> > > So, in your mind, IPv4 was "obsolete" in 1996 -- almost three years 
> > > before IPv6 was even specified?  Fascinating.  I could be in no way 
> > > mistaken for an IPv4/NAT apologist, but that one's new on me. 
> >
> > ipv6 was on my radar in the early 90's. it was definitely at least 1993, 
> > maybe earlier. 
> >
> > Mike 

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