Comments on the definition of the Internet and the importance of ...

Some histories:
http://www.isoc.org/internet/history
And three standard histories in paper and ink form:
The Cuckoo's Egg, by Clifford Stoll, which has a Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo's_Egg
Where Wizards Stay Up L a t e, By Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon,
which has a web page of its own:
http://www.chick.net/wizards/wizards.html
Weaving the Web, by Tim Berners-Lee, which has a web page at the W3C:
http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/Weaving
I thank the FTC for holding the workshop, and I thank the FTC for
reading this!
I remain, as ever, your fellow citizen, and fellow student of probability,
Jay Sulzberger
jays@panix.com
Document: IANA-port-numbers
PORT NUMBERS
(last updated 2007-02-23)
The port numbers are divided into three ranges: the Well Known Ports,
the Registered Ports, and the Dynamic and/or Private Ports.
The Well Known Ports are those from 0 through 1023.
DCCP Well Known ports SHOULD NOT be used without IANA registration.
The registration procedure is defined in [RFC4340], Section 19.9.
The Registered Ports are those from 1024 through 49151
DCCP Registered ports SHOULD NOT be used without IANA registration.
The registration procedure is defined in [RFC4340], Section 19.9.
The Dynamic and/or Private Ports are those from 49152 through 65535
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* PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: *
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* IESG STATEMENT TO THE IANA *
* THE IESG BELIEVES THAT IANA MAY ALLOCATE AN ADDITIONAL PORT IN *
* THE 'USER PORT' RANGE TO PROTOCOLS WHOSE CURRENT PORT ALLOCATION *
* REQUIRES ACCESS TO A PRIVILEGED PORT. THIS ALLOCATION SHOULD NOT *
* BE AUTOMATIC, BUT MAY OCCUR UPON APPLICATION BY AN INTERESTED *