There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational. Jon Postel governmentinternetissue Change image and share on social
One way to get high speed to the home is over cable systems. Jon Postel cablehighhome Change image and share on social
I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential to the use and operation of the Internet. Jon Postel addressadministerassign share on social
Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive. Jon Postel discussiondraftgroup Change image and share on social
Then I started graduate school at UCLA. I got a part time research assistant job as a programmer on a project involving the use of one computer to measure the performance of another computer. Jon Postel assistantcomputergraduate Change image and share on social
But I do have a computer at home and a pretty good ISDN connection. Jon Postel computerconnectiongood Change image and share on social
If you're in charge of managing domain name space you should treat everybody who asks for a registration the same. Whatever that is - whether it's nice or ugly or whatever - just be fair, treat them all the same. Jon Postel askchargedomain share on social
Years ago when you'd go to a working group most of the people in the working group would be from universities. Now most of the people are from companies who are building internet products and care what the standards turn out to be. Jon Postel agobuildcare share on social
A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there. Jon Postel addressrouteseek Change image and share on social
The world wide web has really been quite spectacular and not something I would have predicted. Jon Postel predictspectacularweb Change image and share on social
