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[Tools-discuss] Re: March tools update

Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> Wed, 11 March 2026 15:48 UTC

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> On Mar 10, 2026, at 1:15 PM, Margaret Cullen <mrcullen42@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mar 10, 2026, at 8:40 AM, Alan DeKok <alan.dekok=40inkbridge.io@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
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>> On Mar 10, 2026, at 3:04 AM, Valery Smyslov <valery@smyslov.net> wrote:
>>> I also think that RFC 10000 is better be skipped or be a non-technical document.
>> 
>> How about having it be "A history of the IETF", and written by the IAB && IESG?

Or better, a history of the RFC Series and how it influenced the Internet.  That would include the activities that led to forming the IETF, and the IETF.

Bob

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