Mailing the story:
40 Years Of RFCs
The first "Request For Comments" was released 40 years ago on the 7. April, 1969. These written discussions of the "Network Working Group" became the basis for the open internet standards. 40 years ago on the 7. April 1969, the first Request For Comments was released. In RFC 1, Steve Crocker described the software architecture of the emerging ARPANET. The original RFCs were actual contributions to discussions within a "Network Working Group" of manageable size (RFC 2 is a direct answer to RFC 1). As the group was still working on the ARPANET setup, the first RFCs were exchanged on paper by post.