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==Internet Pioneer==

==Internet Pioneer==

===RFC===

===RFC===

Steve Crocker was a graduate student at UCLA in the late 1960s, and along with [[Vinton Cerf]] and [[Jon Postel]],<ref>[http://www.alpha.geek.nz/ Alpha.geek.nz]</ref> was part of the team that developed the protocols for the [[ARPAnet]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm ICANN.org]</ref> Steve was the humble man who wrote the first [[RFC]], or Request For Comments, a document series wherein questions and answers to the pressing technical issues were presented to and by the entire engineering and infrastructural community. Dr. Crocker labeled the first memo as such as he did not want to seem presumptuous or authoritative, but rather facilitate discussion and progress within the community.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/opinion/07crocker.html NYTimes.com]</ref> The first RFC was published April 6th, 1969; and it can be read [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1 here], Steve's retrospection on the beginning of the series on its 40th anniversary can be read [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/opinion/07crocker.html here]. The topic of the first RFC was host software.<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=CV#q=Steve+Crocker&hl=en&prmd=ivnso&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=flzmTZvdGabTiALN6dTVCQ&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=17&sqi=2&ved=0CHcQ5wIwEA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=1335ae8688de1cf8&biw=1199&bih=750 Google Timeline]</ref>

Steve Crocker was a graduate student at UCLA in the late 1960s and 1970s, and along with [[Vinton Cerf]] and [[Jon Postel]],<ref>[http://www.alpha.geek.nz/ Alpha.geek.nz]</ref> was part of the team that developed the protocols for the [[ARPAnet]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm ICANN.org]</ref> Steve was the humble man who wrote the first [[RFC]], or Request For Comments, a document series wherein questions and answers to the pressing technical issues were presented to and by the entire engineering and infrastructural community. Dr. Crocker labeled the first memo as such as he did not want to seem presumptuous or authoritative, but rather facilitate discussion and progress within the community.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/opinion/07crocker.html NYTimes.com]</ref> The first RFC was published April 6th, 1969; and it can be read [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1 here], Steve's retrospection on the beginning of the series on its 40th anniversary can be read [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/opinion/07crocker.html here]. The topic of the first RFC was host software.<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=CV#q=Steve+Crocker&hl=en&prmd=ivnso&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=flzmTZvdGabTiALN6dTVCQ&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=17&sqi=2&ved=0CHcQ5wIwEA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=1335ae8688de1cf8&biw=1199&bih=750 Google Timeline]</ref>

The RFC series began before the network was actually working, and before email was possible. Thus, they were physically mailed to each research center, and then circulated.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/opinion/07crocker.html NYTimes.com]</ref>

The RFC series began before the network was actually working, and before email was possible. Thus, they were physically mailed to each research center, and then circulated.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/opinion/07crocker.html NYTimes.com]</ref>