[ih] TCP

[Christian de Larrinaga]

Cheers, salut.! .... contemplating history is definitely a team sport.


Christian

On 5 May 2024 16:42:55 vinton cerf via Internet-history 
<internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>> --
>>> Internet-history mailing list
>>> Internet-history at elists.isoc.org
>>> https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history
>>>
>>
> --
> Internet-history mailing list
> Internet-history at elists.isoc.org
> https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history