TCP and Internet Meetings
The TCP and Internet Meetings were a series of in-person meetings which were a key part of the development of the TCP and IP protocols. (At the start of that development, there was of course no separate IP protocol; its functionality was part of TCP in the early versions of TCP, TCP 1 and TCP 2.)
They rotated between various DARPA contractors who were working on what became the TCP/IP project; they were all held in the USA initially, with occasional meetings in Europe towards the end. They were notionally divided into separate 'TCP Meetings' and 'Internet Meetings', but in reality each meeting would consider issues with both protocols. It is also not clear why 'Internet' was used as a name on early meetings, before IP existed as a separate Protocol; the name probably came from the project's goal, to produce a working internet.
They were the precursor to the meetings of the later IETF, which continue to this day.
Meeting dates and location
Minutes for each meeting were produced, mostly by Jon Postel, and released in the IEN document series. Most meetings were part of the TCP and Internet meetings series, but there were a few additional ad hoc meetings on specialized topics. A fairly complete list of the meetings (in temporal order) is:
| Date | Location | Type | Documented in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 March 1977 | DARPA | TCP | IEN-64 |
| 14-15 July 1977 | MIT-LCS | TCP | IEN-65 |
| 15 August 1977 | ISI | Internet | IEN-3 |
| 13-14 October 1977 | SRI | TCP | IEN-66 |
| 30-31 January 1978 | ISI | TCP | IEN-67 |
| 1 February 1978 | ISI | Internet | IEN-22 |
| 1-2 May 1978 | UCL | Internet | IEN-33 (not online) |
| 15-16 June 1978 | MIT-LCS | TCP | IEN-68 |
| 2-4 August 1978 | Lincoln Labs | Internet | IEN-53 |
| 18-19 September 1978 | SRI | TCP | IEN-69 |
| 17 October 1978 | BBN | Gateways | IEN-60 |
| 30-31 October 1978 | SRI | Internet | IEN-63 |
| 4 December 1978 | ARPA | Internet | IEN-70 |
| 25-26 January 1979 | ISI | Internet | IEN-76 |
| 29 January 1979 | ISI | TCP | IEN-77 |
| 12 March 1979 | BBN | Fault Isolation | IEN-104 |
| 8-11 May 1979 | BBN | Internet | IEN-106 |
| 10-13 September 1979 | UCL | Internet | IEN-121 |
| 4-6 February | SRI | Internet | IEN-134 |
| 14-15 May 1980 | MIT-LCS | Internet | IEN-145 |
| 7-9 October 1980 | RSRE | Internet | IEN-160 |
| 28-30 January 1981 | ISI | Internet | IEN-175 |
External links
IEN's (in IEN number order):
- INTERNET Meeting Notes 15 August 1977 (IEN 3)
- Meeting Notes - 1 February 1978 (IEN-22)
- Meeting Notes - 2,3&4 August 1978 (IEN-53)
- Boston Area Meeting of the Internet Working Group to Discuss Interactions With Gateways (IEN-60)
- Internet Meeting Notes - 30 & 31 October 1978 (IEN-63)
- Minutes of TCP Meeting, March 12, 1977, Washington, D.C. (IEN-64)
- TCP Meeting Notes - 14 & 15 July 1977 (IEN-65)
- TCP Meeting Notes - 13 & 14 October 1977 (IEN-66
- TCP Meeting Notes 30 & 31 January 1978 (IEN-67)
- TCP Meeting Notes - 15 & 16 June 1978 (IEN-68)
- TCP Meeting Notes - 18 & 19 September 1978 (IEN 69)
- Internet Meeting Notes - 4 December 1978 (IEN-70)
- TCP Meeting Notes - 29 January 1979 (IEN-77)
- Minutes of the Fault Isolation Meeting (IEN-104)
- Internet Meeting Notes - 8, 9, 10 & 11 May 1979 (IEN-106)
- Internet Meeting Notes - 10, 11, 12 & 13 September 1979 (IEN-121)
- Internet Meeting Notes - 4, 5, & 6 February 1980 (IEN-134)
- Internet Meeting Notes - 14 & 15 May 1980 (IEN-145)
- Internet Meeting Notes -- 7-8-9 October 1980 (IEN-160)
- Internet Meeting Notes -- 28-29-30 January 1981 (IEN-175)
