[ih] TCP

[vinton cerf]

I will join you, remotely, Patrik!!

vint


On Sun, May 5, 2024 at 7:37 AM Patrik Fältström <paf at paftech.se> wrote:

> I agree with you that everyone on this list, and many more people, each
> one as an individual and in various constellations, have indeed done their
> part. Because this is indeed a team sport.
>
> That said, that the two of you ultimately managed to get this paper
> published although many helped with the work behind it, is a very important
> milestone.
>
> Rising a glass for you tonight at least I will do!
>
> Thanks!
>
> paf
>
> 5 maj 2024 kl. 12:36 skrev vinton cerf <vgcerf at gmail.com>:
>
> 
> Thanks for these kind words - as you know, many, including you, have
> labored to grow the Internet from the seeds planted many years ago. It was
> especially nice to see Bob recognized just a few days ago with the IEEE
> Medal of Honor, partly in recognition of his work on TCP as well as many
> other contributions over the years to science and engineering.
>
> v
>
>
> On Sun, May 5, 2024 at 5:59 AM Patrik Fältström via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>> 50 years ago today Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn published their paper on packet
>> switching which is the basis for the Internet we use today.
>>
>> They did come up with TCP: "Within a HOST we assume that existence of a
>> transmission control program (TCP) which handles the transmission and
>> acceptance of messages on behalf of the processes it serves."
>>
>> It was published in IEEE Transactions on Communications ( Volume: 22,
>> Issue: 5, May 1974): https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1092259
>>
>> > A protocol that supports the sharing of resources that exist in
>> different packet switching networks is presented. The protocol provides for
>> variation in individual network packet sizes, transmission failures,
>> sequencing, flow control, end-to-end error checking, and the creation and
>> destruction of logical process-to-process connections. Some implementation
>> issues are considered, and problems such as internetwork routing,
>> accounting, and timeouts are exposed.
>>
>>
>> https://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall06/cos561/papers/cerf74.pdf
>>
>> I think this is the right moment to just say “and the rest is history”.
>>
>> Thanks Vint and Bob!
>>
>> Patrik
>>
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