1993 matches my recollections as well. Network Working Group S. Bradner Internet draft Harvard University A. Mankin NRL September 1994
The Recommendation for the IP Next Generation Protocol <draft-ipng-recommendation-00.txt> > On 16 Feb 2021, at 04:28, Mel Beckman <m...@beckman.org> wrote: > > LOL! Well, Mike says “definitely at least 1993”, whereas Wikipedia itself > says that Wikipedia cannot be trusted. Mike, to my knowledge, has never > admitted being wrong. So I’m going with Mike :) > > I think it was Al Gore who first proposed IPv6, right Mike? :) > > -mel beckman > >> On Feb 15, 2021, at 6:36 AM, Kenneth J. Dupuis <k...@kjtd.net> wrote: >> >> >> 1995? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6 >> >> On Feb 11, 2021 8:51 PM, Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote: >> >> On 2/11/21 5:41 PM, Izaac wrote: >> > >> >> IPv6 restores that ability and RFC-1918 is a bandaid for an obsolete >> >> protocol. >> > So, in your mind, IPv4 was "obsolete" in 1996 -- almost three years >> > before IPv6 was even specified? Fascinating. I could be in no way >> > mistaken for an IPv4/NAT apologist, but that one's new on me. >> >> ipv6 was on my radar in the early 90's. it was definitely at least 1993, >> maybe earlier. >> >> Mike >> >> -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org