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===Beginning===

===Beginning===

Dr. Crocker attended the same high school in southern California as both [[Jon Postel]] and [[Vint Cerf]],<ref>[http://vint-cerf.co.tv/ Vint-Cert.co.tv]</ref> and he has described Vint as his best friend.<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref> In 1965, while at UCLA, Steve began working on an [[ARPA]] supported project, which was a precursor to the actual [[ARPAnet]].<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref> The project dissolved, and the remaining [[DARPA]] funds were transferred to [[Gerald Estrin]] in the Computer Science Department; Steve began to work for him in 1966. In 1977 he was at MIT working on more graduate studies, but within a year and a half he had returned to UCLA. He was drawn to MIT given their Artificial Intelligence programs. In 1968 he was back at UCLA, and given that his friend Vint was looking to enroll in a graduate program, he introduced him to Estrin; shortly thereafter Vint was a part of the school's graduate program. That summer they were both working on the ARPAnet project. By 1970 he had been given a job with ARPA in Washington, D.C., rather than the previous position as a graduate student engaged mainly at the UCLA campus. He was now Program Director, and managed protocol, various network sites, and contractors spread throughout the U.S., and he also required to travel to Europe. Within the next few years he was also working extensively with another well-known Internet Pioneer, [[Robert Kahn]].<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref> While at DARPA he pursued research programs in artificial intelligence, automatic programming, speech understanding, and network research.<ref>[http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/authors/CrockerSteve.htm NetworkSorcery]</ref>

Dr. Crocker attended the same high school in southern California as both [[Jon Postel]] and [[Vint Cerf]],<ref>[http://vint-cerf.co.tv/ Vint-Cert.co.tv]</ref> and he has described Vint as his best friend.<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref> In 1965, while at UCLA, Steve began working on an [[ARPA]] supported project, which was a precursor to the actual [[ARPAnet]].<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref> The project dissolved, and the remaining [[DARPA]] funds were transferred to [[Gerald Estrin]] in the Computer Science Department; Steve began to work for him in 1966. In 1977 he was at MIT working on more graduate studies, but within a year and a half he had returned to UCLA. He was drawn to MIT given their Artificial Intelligence programs. In 1968, he was back at UCLA, and given that his friend Vint was looking to enroll in a graduate program, he introduced him to Estrin; shortly thereafter Vint was a part of the school's graduate program. That summer they were both working on the ARPAnet project. By 1970, he had been given a job with ARPA in Washington, D.C., rather than the previous position as a graduate student engaged mainly at the UCLA campus. He was now Program Director, and managed protocol, various network sites, and contractors spread throughout the U.S., and he was also required to travel to Europe. While at DARPA he pursued research programs in artificial intelligence, automatic programming, speech understanding, and network research.<ref>[http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/authors/CrockerSteve.htm NetworkSorcery]</ref> Within the next few years he was working extensively with another well-known Internet Pioneer, [[Robert Kahn]].<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref>  

In December, 1970, Dr. Crocker created the [[NCP|Network Control Protocol]], which was the original host-to-host protocol for the [[ARPAnet]]. It allowed 3 disparate networks, in this instance the computer network, a packet satellite network, and a packet radio network, to interoperate.<ref>[http://www.packet.cc/larry-news/changes.html Packet.cc]</ref>

In December, 1970, Dr. Crocker created the [[NCP|Network Control Protocol]], which was the original host-to-host protocol for the [[ARPAnet]]. It allowed 3 disparate networks, in this instance the computer network, a packet satellite network, and a packet radio network, to interoperate.<ref>[http://www.packet.cc/larry-news/changes.html Packet.cc]</ref>

The organization and communication work involved in the RFC series, the interoperability of the first network sites, and his position as Program Manager led Steve to found the [[Networking Working Group]], and he asked Vint to be its first Chairman;<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref> the group is the predecessor of the [[IETF|Internet Engineering Task Force]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm ICANN.org]</ref>

The organization and communication work involved in the RFC series, the interoperability of the first network sites, and his position as Program Manager led Steve to found the [[Networking Working Group]], and he asked Vint to be its first Chairman;<ref>[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 CBI.UMN.edu]</ref> the group is the predecessor of the [[IETF|Internet Engineering Task Force]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm ICANN.org]</ref>

An extremely detailed interview with Steve can be found [http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 here]; It is largely technical, but does shed some important light on how the development of the Internet took place.

An extremely detailed interview with Steve can be found [http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=96 here]; It is largely technical, but does shed some interesting light on the development of the Internet.

===Other Early Work===

===Other Early Work===