There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.

His obituary was written by Vint Cerf and publiJon Posteld as RFC 2468 in remembrance of Postel and his work. He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Comment (RFC) document series and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) until his death.