1987 - Over 20,000 servers online hosting websites
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===Events===
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* Postel officially establishes IANA
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==1986==
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===Events===
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* NSF launches [[NSFNet]]
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==1987==
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===Events===
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* Over 20,000 servers online hosting websites
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==1988==
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===Documents & RFCs===
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* RFC 1083 - Internet Activities Board Official Protocol Standards (first mention of the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA) in the RFC Index)<ref>[https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1083.html RFC 1083 - IAB Official Protocol Standards], December 1988</ref>