Computer Networks: Myths, Missteps, And Mysteries - Radia Perlman At Qcon London
InfoQ, April 10th, 2023
Radia Perlman, EMC Fellow and one of the pioneers of early network design, presented a keynote at QCon London that explored how networking protocols and technologies have evolved to become today's Internet.
In her talk, she answered some common questions (e.g. Why do we need both Ethernet and IP?) and explored how things might have looked if they were designed today.
Perlman began by stating that she doesn't always agree with the way professionals speak about network protocols, memorising the details of the way everything is deployed, such as:
TCP/IP arrived on tablets from the sky in its awesome perfection, nothing else ever existed...