Eric Vyncke (evyncke) wrote: > I would not call April 1st RFC as "culture", but it is indeed > quite deep in the "folklore" and traditions of the IETF. > -éric (author of RFC 5514 published on this very special date) You should refer to the following sentence of rfc2468: He leaves a legacy of edited documents that tell our collective Internet story, including not only the technical but also the poetic and whimsical as well. October 16th is the special date. Masataka Ohta