[ih] Overlay networks (1980s SRI Reconstitution Protocol)

[vinton cerf]

thanks John - great references
v


On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM John Gilmore via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Barbara, thank you for reminding us of the Network Reconstitution Protocol.
>
> Here are two copies of their final report:
>
>   https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA184755.pdf
>   https://archive.org/details/ADA184755/
>
> They appear to come from the same (microfiche) source.
>
> Also here's a brief note by Greg Skinner about this work and report:
>
>   https://gregbo.medium.com/network-reconstitution-protocol-79bc61067f8e
>
>         John
>
> PS: Due to Greg Skinner's comment at the bottom of this Computer History
> Museum story, I ran across this today, from back when the Internet
> itself was barely an overlay network:
>
>   "Born in a Van: Happy 40th Birthday to the Internet!
>   40th Anniversary of the First Major TCP Internetwork Demonstration,
> November 22, 1977"
>   by Marc Weber
>   Nov 22, 2017
>
> https://medium.com/chmcore/born-in-a-van-happy-40th-birthday-to-the-internet-d81287f172bf
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