> Sadiq Saif [mailto: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
Actually that was preceded by RFC 760, which in turn was a derivative of IEN 123. I believe the answer to the original question is partially available on a series of pages starting at : http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/default1101.htm IEN 2 is likely to be of particular interest ...
