My version of the history is taken from the IAB's own web site,
and it is very specific that the original name was "Advisory"
from 1984 to 1986:
http://www.iab.org/about/history/
Not that it really matters; I just wanted to observe that the role
has evolved over the years.
Brian
On 2011-09-23 04:42, Lucy Lynch wrote:
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Bob Braden wrote:
1986 Internet Activities Board
1992 Internet Architecture Board
I think this is incorrect. The earliest IAB was created by the ARPA
program manager Vint Cert in 1981. (In fact, I probably have some
scribbled notes from the first IAB meeting). Vint chose the name
"Activities" to prevent a rush of people wanting to join. ;-) Its
function was in fact "advisory", to give Vint advice on the technical
course of the Internet research project
I do not recall (without digging into my files) when/if the official
IAB name expansion was changed to Internet Advisory Board.
V Cerf seems to think...
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1120
"In January, 1983, the Defense Communications Agency, then responsible
for the operation of the ARPANET, declared the TCP/IP protocol suite
to be standard for the ARPANET and all systems on the network
converted from the earlier Network Control Program (NCP) to TCP/IP.
Late that year, the ICCB was reorganized by Dr. Barry Leiner, Cerf's
successor at DARPA, around a series of task forces considering
different technical aspects of internetting. The re-organized group
was named the Internet Activities Board."
- Lucy
separation.
Bob Braden
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