RFC 1 was the first ever
RFC, entitled “
Host Software” and published by
Steve Crocker on
April 7th of 1969. The RFC outlined in technical terms how computers on the
ARPANET would interface and
handshake with each other – somewhat of a precursor to
TCP/IP.
Crocker wrote the RFC late at night in his bathroom, so as to avoid awakening his roommates.
Since RFC 1, RFCs have become the principal way of open protocol discussion and specification in the world of computer networking.