Casting the Net
From ARPANET to INTERNET and Beyond
Published on 30. May 1995
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Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-201-87674-1 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
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Pearson Education (US)
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 159 mm
Width: 236 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
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449 gr
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978-0-201-87674-1 (9780201876741)
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About Peter H. Salus
Peter H. Salus is an internationally recognized UNIX enthusiast and author of A Quarter Century of UNIX, also published by Addison-Wesley. He is the managing editor of the quarterly journal, Computer Systems. He is the author of a number of books, articles and reviews. Salus has an undergraduate degree in chemistry, a master's in Germanic languages, and a doctorate in linguistics from New York University.
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Peter H. Salus is an internationally recognized UNIX enthusiast and author of A Quarter Century of UNIX, also published by Addison-Wesley. He is the managing editor of the quarterly journal, Computer Systems. He is the author of a number of books, articles and reviews. Salus has an undergraduate degree in chemistry, a master's in Germanic languages, and a doctorate in linguistics from New York University.
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Content
Series Foreword.
Preface.
I. TIME LINE (1940-1964).
1. Clearing the Ground.
2. Networks.
Diversion 1: Act One: The Poems [RFC 1121].
II. TIME LINE (1967-1972).
3: The Foundations.
4: Hardware.
5: Software.
Diversion 2: 'Twas the Night Before Startup [RFC 968].
6: Startup.Diversion 3: The Stockings were hung by the chimney with care [RFC 602].
7: Packet Radio, Packet Satellite, and Ethernet.III. TIME LINE (1974-1981).
8: Europe and Japan in the '70's.
Diversion 4: TELNET Subliminal Message Option [RFC 1097].
9: Mail.10: Protocol Problems.Diversion 5: ARPAWOCKY [RFC 527].
11: Commercialization.12: The New Protocols.Diversion 6: IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers [RFC 1149].
13: TCP vs. OSI.14: UNIX on the Net.15: UUCP and Usenet.Diversion 7: Consortium for Slow Commotion Research [RFC 1217].
16: The Great Switch.17: More Mail.18: Bitnet, Fidonet, UUNET.Diversion 8: Internet Talk Radio [RFC 1313].
IV. TIME LINE (1982-1989).
19: Proprietary Nets.
20: Europe and Asia in the 1980s.
21: MILNET, CSNET, NSFNET.
22: Organization and Reorganization.
Diversion 9: Requiem for the ARPANET.
23: Growth.V. TIME LINE (1988-1994).
24: Applications.
Diversion 10: Statements of Boredom [RFC 1438].
25: Commerce and Security.26: NREN and NII.Diversion 11: SONET to Sonnet Translation [RFC 1605] & IPv9 [RFC 1606].
27: The Future.Appendix: The Past and Future History.References and Further Readings.Index. 0201876744T04062001
Preface.
I. TIME LINE (1940-1964).
1. Clearing the Ground.
2. Networks.
Diversion 1: Act One: The Poems [RFC 1121].
II. TIME LINE (1967-1972).
3: The Foundations.
4: Hardware.
5: Software.
Diversion 2: 'Twas the Night Before Startup [RFC 968].
6: Startup.Diversion 3: The Stockings were hung by the chimney with care [RFC 602].
7: Packet Radio, Packet Satellite, and Ethernet.III. TIME LINE (1974-1981).
8: Europe and Japan in the '70's.
Diversion 4: TELNET Subliminal Message Option [RFC 1097].
9: Mail.10: Protocol Problems.Diversion 5: ARPAWOCKY [RFC 527].
11: Commercialization.12: The New Protocols.Diversion 6: IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers [RFC 1149].
13: TCP vs. OSI.14: UNIX on the Net.15: UUCP and Usenet.Diversion 7: Consortium for Slow Commotion Research [RFC 1217].
16: The Great Switch.17: More Mail.18: Bitnet, Fidonet, UUNET.Diversion 8: Internet Talk Radio [RFC 1313].
IV. TIME LINE (1982-1989).
19: Proprietary Nets.
20: Europe and Asia in the 1980s.
21: MILNET, CSNET, NSFNET.
22: Organization and Reorganization.
Diversion 9: Requiem for the ARPANET.
23: Growth.V. TIME LINE (1988-1994).
24: Applications.
Diversion 10: Statements of Boredom [RFC 1438].
25: Commerce and Security.26: NREN and NII.Diversion 11: SONET to Sonnet Translation [RFC 1605] & IPv9 [RFC 1606].
27: The Future.Appendix: The Past and Future History.References and Further Readings.Index. 0201876744T04062001