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The level of control he had over the burgeoning Internet was underscored months before he past away; he redirected half the Internet's 12 directory-information computers to his own system. Jon later told authorities that he was only testing how such a transition would run.<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/postel/lat.shtml ISOC.org]</ref> Despite this level of power and authority, Jon was a soft-spoken man who undertook his work in an open and transparent manner.
The level of control he had over the burgeoning Internet was underscored months before he past away; he redirected half the Internet's 12 directory-information computers to his own system. Jon later told authorities that he was only testing how such a transition would run.<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/postel/lat.shtml ISOC.org]</ref> Despite this level of power and authority, Jon was a soft-spoken man who undertook his work in an open and transparent manner.
===IANA===
Jon voluntarily took on the task of founding and running [[IANA]], the Internet's necessary numbering authority. He initially performed all numbering procedures and allocations manually. Thus, in [[Vint Cerf]]'s words, he kept track of the names of all things in the networked universe".<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/awards/postel/memory.shtml ISOC.org]</ref>
==Notable Roles==
==Notable Roles==