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From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
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Subject: looking for old dusty RFCs & working on anonymous FTP RFC
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Date: 26 Aug 90 19:05:25 GMT
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I'm searching for a complete set of RFCs, including the real old
ones from the early 1970's.  In particular, I'd like to be pointed
to a place where I can get copies of all of the RFCs mentioned in
Appendix III of RFC 959, "RFCs on FTP".

What I'm trying to do is to gather historical material for an RFC
on anonymous FTP.  RFC 959 doesn't talk about where the convention
of specifying "anonymous" as a password comes from, nor was there
anything that I could easily dredge up in any other RFC that I have
found.  Any relevant ephemera which would help me pin down how things
have changed and developed over time would be most welcome.

--Ed

Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept <emv@math.lsa.umich.edu>
moderator, comp.archives