[ih] Hesitating to disagree with one of the fathers of the Internet…..

[Vint Cerf]

Bob kahn wrote bbn1822. Host/imp interface.
On May 11, 2012 3:09 PM, "Dave Crocker" <dhc2 at dcrocker.net> wrote:

>
> On 5/10/2012 2:07 PM, dave.walden.family at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> We, BBN, certainly did a lot of design for the IMP system, taking
>> off from the fairly undetailed spec that came in the Request for
>> Quotation. I would say we contributed to the larger ARPANET design
>> along with the people at ARPA, Network Analysis Corporation, the Host
>> computer sites, the Network Working Group, the UCLA Network
>> Measurement Center, the SRI Network Information Center, etc.
>>
>
>
> I'd guess that the categories of interesting innovation for the arpanet
> were:
>
>   1. Basic packet-switching constructs
>
>   2. Design of a packet-switching service -- the IMPs
>
>   3. Design of service management capabilities
>
>   4. Design of the standardized interface (and eventually plural)
>
>   5. Design of the transport mechanisms (host to host, initial
>   connection, and the like.)
>
>   6. Design of application services.
>
> I thought BBN was primary and maybe exclusive for #2 and #3.
>
> I don't know the history of the interface spec, but have the vague
> impression that BBN did that, too.
>
> Of course, #5 and #6 were highly collaborative across the community.
> Assignment of credit goes to different people for different parts.
>
> d/
> --
>  Dave Crocker
>  Brandenburg InternetWorking
>  bbiw.net
>
>
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