Weekend Gedankenexperiment - The Kill Switch

Fernando Gont fernando at gont.com.ar
Sun Feb 27 21:05:46 UTC 2011


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,
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Fernando Gont
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