The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

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Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security

The Design Philosophy of the Darpa Internet Protocols

Author

David D. Clark

Entry type

techreport

Abstract

The Internet protocol suit TCP/IP, was first proposed fifteen years ago. It was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and has been papers and specifications that describe how the protocols work, it is sometimes difficult to deduce from these why the protocol is as it is. For example, the Internet protocol is based on a connectionless or datagram mode of service. The motivation for this has been greatly misunderstood. This paper attempts to capture some of the early reasoning which has shaped the Internet protocols.

URL

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=52325.52336

Journal

Proc. SIGCOMM '88, Computer Communication Review

Key alpha

Clark

Number

4

Pages

106-114

Volume

18

Affiliation

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Publication Date

2001-01-01

Language

English

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