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Internet Pioneer Jon Postel's 1975 RFC 706, "On the Junk Mail Problem," Proposed Letting a Computer Refuse Messages From a Host That Floods It
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Keplearn, a Free Rust Tool Named for Kepler, Reads a Table of Measurements and Prints the Equation Behind It, Gravity Included

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Ivanti Connect Secureflaws under attack · added Oct 30, 2026
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RFC 1097, a 1989 April Fools' Spec, Let a Telnet Server Flash Hidden Messages for Milliseconds and Planned Morse Code on the Caps Lock LED
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RFC 1925, an April 1, 1996 Internet Memo Filed as Humor, Listed 'You Can Always Add Another Level of Indirection' Among Twelve Networking Truths
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