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Jon Postel: RFC editor, IANA and internet protocol coordination

A sourced biography of Jon Postel and his foundational contributions to ARPANET, RFC publication and internet numbering.

Jon Postel: RFC editor, IANA and internet protocol coordination

Jon Postel was a pioneering internet engineer involved in TCP/IP, SMTP and DNS coordination. He served as RFC Editor for nearly three decades and helped establish the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. His work demonstrates how reliable registries, open standards and shared numbering systems allow networks to scale beyond individual institutions. This sourced long-form biography is published in Persian.

This is an English overview. The complete original article is currently published in Persian.

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Sources & further reading

01
Internet Hall of Fame — official Jon Postel biographyhttps://www.internethalloffame.org/inductee/jon-postel/
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IETF RFC 2468 — I Remember IANAhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2468.html
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IETF RFC 791 — Internet Protocolhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc791.html
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IETF RFC 821 — SMTPhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc821.html
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