[kictanet] Internet Milestone: 30th Anniversary of ARPANET transition to TCP/IP

[Michuki Mwangi]

New Year's Day Marks 30th Anniversary of Major Milestone for Global Internet

1 January 2013 -- Thirty years ago today on 1 January 1983, the ARPANET,
a direct predecessor of today's Internet, implemented the TCP/IP
protocol in a transition that required all connected computers to
convert to the protocol simultaneously. The open TCP/IP protocol is now
a foundational technology for the networks around the world that make up
the global Internet and interconnect billions of devices.

The transition, which was carefully planned over several years before it
actually took place, is documented in the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) RFC 801 authored by Jon Postel.

Throughout its history, the Internet has continued to evolve. Today,
deploying IPv6, the latest generation of the IP protocol, is critical to
ensuring the Internet's continued growth and to connect the billions of
people not yet online. Thousands of major Internet service providers
(ISPs), home networking equipment manufacturers, and web companies
around the world are coming together to permanently enable IPv6 for
their products and services through efforts such as World IPv6 Launch
organized by the Internet Society.

For more information about the Internet Society's work to facilitate the
open development of standards, protocols, and administration, and to
ensure a robust, secure technical infrastructure, see the Internet
Technology Matters blog and the Deploy360 Programme.

For further details about the Internet's history and development, see
the "Brief History of the Internet".