Designing an Internet (Information Policy)

Synopsis

How Do You Design An Internet? The Architecture Of The Current Internet Is The Product Of Basic Design Decisions Made Early In Its History. What Would An Internet Look Like If It Were Designed, Today, From The Ground Up? In This Book, Mit Computer Scientist David Clark Explains How The Internet Is Actually Put Together, What Requirements It Was Designed To Meet, And Why Different Design Decisions Would Create Different Internets. He Does Not Take Today's Internet As A Given But Tries To Learn From It, And From Alternative Proposals For What An Internet Might Be, In Order To Draw Some General Conclusions About Network Architecture. Introduction -- The Basics Of The Internet -- Architecture And Design -- Requirements -- The Architecture Of The Internet---a Historical Perspective -- Architecture And Function -- Alternative Network Architectures -- Naming And Addressing -- Longevity -- Security -- Availability -- Economics -- Network Management And Control -- Meeting The Needs Of Society -- Looking To The Future -- Appendix: Addressing And Forwarding. David D. Clark. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.