On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:16:43 -0500 "Travis H." <travis+ml-nanog@subspacefield.org> wrote:
Not sure if this guy is still with us, but wanted to read "Confessions of a Hearing-Impaired Engineer", if anyone has a copy.
I think you're probably talking about Vint Cerf, and he's still quite live, and now working for Google : http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html#vint You might be able to email him to see if he wrote that paper (IIRC he did) and may have a copy he can send you. A google search(!) should probably produce a working email address. He may even lurk here.
BTW, "Where Wizards Stay up Late" is an entertaining book about the origins of the ARPAnet. It even has some of the first (hand-drawn, natch) network diagrams...
Apparently, nuclear holocaust considerations did not really play much of a part in ARPAnet's genesis, despite folklore to the contrary. Withstand a nuclear war was not a design consideration (for most of the key players); any such properties were side effects of the real design considerations and decisions.
Agree, great book, I think it should be manditory reading for anybody who's running any parts of Internet. I think it always is useful to know why certain things are the way they are. Regards, Mark. -- "Sheep are slow and tasty, and therefore must remain constantly alert." - Bruce Schneier, "Beyond Fear"