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David Honig (honig@sprynet.com)
Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:03:00 -0700
At 03:00 PM 8/18/98 +0200, Andreas Bogk wrote:
>On Sun, Aug 16, 1998 at 08:01:36AM -0700, Alex Alten wrote:
>> You are making it sound worse than it is. The underlying network
>> routing infrastructure is designed to be extremely robust in the face
>> adverse conditions (originally it was nuclear attack). I'm only aware
>
>Resistance against nuclear attacks has never been a design goal of
>the Internet[0], and the Internet will not resist a well-organized attack
>against a handful of key points.
The following are from the mid-60's. See:
http://www.rand.org/publications/RM/baran.list.html
(excerpt at bottom)
http://www.rand.org/cgi-bin/Abstracts/ordi/getab.pl?525148-525676
You may argue that these systems did not become the internet, but the
funders' are the same and their motivations didn't change.
from http://www.rand.org/publications/RM/baran.list.html
Publications in the On Distributed Communications Series
I. Introduction to Distributed Communications Networks, Paul Baran,
RM-3420-PR.
Introduces the system concept and outlines the requirements for and design
considerations of the distributed digital data communications network.
Considers especially the use of redundancy as a means of withstanding heavy
enemy attacks. A general understanding of the proposal may be obtained by
reading this volume and Vol. XI.
II. Digital Simulation of Hot-Potato Routing in a Broadband Distributed
Communications Network, Sharla P. Boehm and Paul Baran, RM-3103-PR.
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