Hi, Dave, On 06/02/2011 04:09 p.m., Dave CROCKER wrote:
Sorry, but I think the technical implications of a goal to survive 'hostile battlefield conditions' versus 'nuclear attack' are (small pun) massively different. Hence I think the actual language used matters.
And the fact that the common language around the net during the '70s was the former and not the latter matters. Which is why it would be helpful to get some credible documentation about use of the latter.
How about: Clark, D. 1988. "The Design Philosophy of the DARPA Internet Protocols". Computer Communication Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, 1988. ? Thanks, -- Fernando Gont e-mail: fernando@gont.com.ar || fgont@acm.org PGP Fingerprint: 7809 84F5 322E 45C7 F1C9 3945 96EE A9EF D076 FFF1