[e2e] Archives was Fwd: Re: Historical question: Link layer flow control / silent discard

[Dave Crocker]

On 2/12/2014 10:42 AM, Bob Braden wrote:
> On 2/12/2014 9:10 AM, Ted Faber wrote:
>>> Worth noting that the archives of the end2end mailing list prior to
>>> 2001 and the Postel Center/Touch takeover are no longer available at:
>>> ftp://ftp.isi.edu/end2end/
>>>
>>> All that knowledge, cast into the abyss, like tears in the wind.
>>>
>
>> I am pretty sure they still exist on ISI's apparently inexhaustable
>> disks. Will check.
> Bob Braden


As with all of the early material, it would be worth trying to get it 
archived with a place that has the profession of archiving.

It's not ISI's business, nor the IETFs, nor...

We confuse "has been around a long time" with "know how to assure 
availability for hundreds of years."

d/
-- 
Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net