A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there.
Jon PostelIn general, an implementation must be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior.
Jon PostelThat was clearly surprising, interesting - a very interesting milestone was when you can pick up a magazine and read an article about some sort of computer related thing and they mention the word internet without explaining it.
Jon PostelI think they called me the closest thing to a God of the Internet. But at the end, that article wasn't very complimentary, because the author suggested that I wasn't doing a very good job, and that I ought to be replaced by a "professional." Of course, there isn't any "God of the Internet." The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together.
Jon Postel