I'll add that in the mid-90's, in a University Of Washington lecture hall, Vint 
Cerf expressed some regret over going with 32 bits.  Chuckle worthy and at the 
time, and a fond memory
- K

Sadiq Saif <sa...@asininetech.com> wrote:

>On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Chris Campbell <ch...@ctcampbell.com>
>wrote:
>> Is anyone aware of any historical documentation relating to the
>choice of 32 bits for an IPv4 address?
>>
>> Cheers.
>
>I believe the relevant RFC is RFC 791 -
>https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc791
>
>--
>Sadiq S
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