Re: [802SEC] some 802 history is captured here
A bit of interesting history regarding the evolution of 802 scope is hinted at by the mention of X3 at the end of the letter in the pdf. X3 was working on FDDI in X3T9.5 and the upper limit of 20 Mbps for 802 networks was to keep us as LANs and leave higher speed MANs to them. I recall an exciting EC meeting (back when I was in the peanut gallery) because the PAR for 802.6 was being considered which stepped on their toes. That added MAN to our scope and eventually 802.3 also discarded the 20 Mbps upper limit for its work.
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Subject: [802SEC] some 802 history is captured here
http://www.ieee802.org/secmail/pdf00226.pdf
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