The first packet sent via RFC1149 avian carrier is up for auction at Christie's

[WAITZMAN, David and the BERGEN LINUX USER GROUP.] One printed IP/ICMP "ping" packet sent by carrier pigeon per RFC 1149.Small scroll of paper, 41 x 210 mm. Rolling creases visible from when attached to pigeon's leg. Framed. Inscribed and signed on the verso of backing board: "Property of David Waitzman". A surviving packet from the first and most famous implementation of the Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol. In 1990, the American network engineer David Waitzman authored RFC 1149, A Standard…

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