Original RFC1149 Packet Up For Auction At Christies

Long-time Slashdot reader badger.foo writes: As some of you may remember, in 2001 RFC1149 (TCP/IP over carrier pigeon) was implemented.

Now one of the packets preserved from that event is up for auction at Christies. Direct link to the auction (current bid: USD 2600) is here.

This is a unique chance to own a piece of Internet history!

NFT?

[SlashbotAgent]

Can I get it with an NFT?

Re:NFT?

[dj.delorie]

Only if that NFT, itself, is delivered by carrier pigeon.

I bid

[fredrated]

25 cents. Did I win?

Re:

[phantomfive]

The current bid is $2600 USD.

I know reading the summary is hard, but it's not even a long one!

Re:

[phantomfive]

25 cents is two bits (in auctioneer talk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org] )

Must be network congestion...

[guygo]

I've been sending DHCPDISCOVER packets for 25 years and have yet to get an offer...

Re:Must be network congestion...

[phantomfive]

That's an older version. The RFC has since been upgraded to owl then to raven. Maybe update your system and you'll get a response.

Re:

[excelsior_gr]

Just don't go to the seagulls. They stop often and long for fish sandwitches along the coast. Terrible service.

Re:

[93 Escort Wagon]

I've been sending DHCPDISCOVER packets for 25 years and have yet to get an offer...

Perhaps someone forgot to configure the server? In any case, you're a lot more patient than I...

They should just stop the auction at that price.

[karlandtanya]

When regarding early communications technologies combined with hacker culture, it is hard to imagine a more auspicious number than 2600.

Its worth

[commodore73]

It's worth the zeros, not the ones.

Puts a whole new spin on "packet loss"

[lenski]

My little engineering group collects hard real time data from nonrepeating events, which makes us sensitive to packet loss. But our hardware is placed in exceptionally harsh outdoor installations, so we still have issues occasionally.

That said, losing the RFC1149 packet would be a much tougher loss...

Computer History Museum and Teknisk

[dgourlay]

Am currently leading this auction - hoping to win. Will be lending it to Teknisk in Norway and the Computer History Museum if they are interested. This was always my favorite RFC and I used it all the time as a joke in many of my presentations at Cisco and at Arista. dg