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STD 8

STD 8 refers to a standard released by the Internet Engineering Task Force proposed by Jonathan B. Postel and Joyce K. Reynolds from University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute in their Request for Comments published in May 1983. Among other features Telnet protocol was assigned server port 23. * *

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STD 8 refers to a standard released by the Internet Engineering Task Force proposed by Jonathan B. Postel and Joyce K. Reynolds from University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute in their Request for Comments published in May 1983. Among other features Telnet protocol was assigned server port 23. * *

Key claims

  1. publication date: 1983 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "1983". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1314639263

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