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Mr. Postel died from complications related to heart surgery. It happened at a critical time in the history of the Internet's development, as the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] administration prepared to transfer oversight of the network to the organization he helped to build, [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/postel/lat.shtml ISOC.org]</ref>

Mr. Postel died from complications related to heart surgery. It happened at a critical time in the history of the Internet's development, as the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] administration prepared to transfer oversight of the network to the organization he helped to build, [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/postel/lat.shtml ISOC.org]</ref>

==Beginnings of the Internet==

==Beginnings of the Internet==

While a graduate student and researcher at UCLA, Jon became involved with the [[ARPANET]].<ref>[http://www.postel.org/remembrances/iana-pr102098.html Postel.org]</ref> After UCLA he briefly worked at Mitre and SRi, before coming to the [[ISI]], where he spent the remaining 21 years of his career, attaining the position of Director.<ref>[http://www.usc.edu/webcast/archive/events/postel/ USC.edu]</ref> As a researcher at ISI, Jon made many achievements regarding protocol design and verification, multimedia computing and communications, electronic commerce, the domain name system, and specific Internet protocols. These protocols include the [[TCP/IP]], the [[SMTP]], and the [[DNS]].<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/awards/postel/memory.shtml ISOC.org]</ref> While Mr. Postel was primarily a researcher he immediately recognized the need for organization to make the network of packet-switching into a medium of universal communication. Thus, he became the [[RFC Editor]], who is responsible for issuing documents that specify how Internet computers interoperate, and founded [[IANA]], the central coordination hub of the Internet.<ref>[http://www.usc.edu/webcast/archive/events/postel/ USC.edu]</ref>

While a graduate student and researcher at UCLA, Jon became one of the primary developers involved with the [[ARPANET]].<ref>[http://www.postel.org/remembrances/iana-pr102098.html Postel.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/spring99/Postel/postel.html USC.edu]</ref> After UCLA he briefly worked at Mitre and SRi, before coming to the [[ISI]], where he spent the remaining 21 years of his career, attaining the position of Director.<ref>[http://www.usc.edu/webcast/archive/events/postel/ USC.edu]</ref> As a researcher at ISI, Jon made many achievements regarding protocol design and verification, multimedia computing and communications, electronic commerce, the domain name system, and specific Internet protocols. These protocols include the [[TCP/IP]], the [[SMTP]], and the [[DNS]].<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/awards/postel/memory.shtml ISOC.org]</ref> While Mr. Postel was primarily a researcher he immediately recognized the need for organization to make the network of packet-switching into a medium of universal communication. Thus, he became the [[RFC Editor]], who is responsible for issuing documents that specify how Internet computers interoperate, and founded [[IANA]], the central coordination hub of the Internet.<ref>[http://www.usc.edu/webcast/archive/events/postel/ USC.edu]</ref>

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.