Table of Contents

Series Foreword.


Preface.

I. TIME LINE (1940-1964).

 1. Clearing the Ground.
 2. Networks.
Diversion 1: Act One: The Poems [RFC 1121].

II. TIME LINE (1967-1972).

 3: The Foundations.
 4: Hardware.
 5: Software.
Diversion 2: 'Twas the Night Before Startup [RFC 968].
 6: Startup.Diversion 3: The Stockings were hung by the chimney with care [RFC 602].
 7: Packet Radio, Packet Satellite, and Ethernet.

III. TIME LINE (1974-1981).

 8: Europe and Japan in the '70's.
Diversion 4: TELNET Subliminal Message Option [RFC 1097].
 9: Mail.10: Protocol Problems.Diversion 5: ARPAWOCKY [RFC 527].
11: Commercialization.12: The New Protocols.Diversion 6: IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers [RFC 1149].
13: TCP vs. OSI.14: UNIX on the Net.15: UUCP and Usenet.Diversion 7: Consortium for Slow Commotion Research [RFC 1217].
16: The Great Switch.17: More Mail.18: Bitnet, Fidonet, UUNET.Diversion 8: Internet Talk Radio [RFC 1313].

IV. TIME LINE (1982-1989).

19: Proprietary Nets.
20: Europe and Asia in the 1980s.
21: MILNET, CSNET, NSFNET.
22: Organization and Reorganization.
Diversion 9: Requiem for the ARPANET.
23: Growth.

V. TIME LINE (1988-1994).

24: Applications.
Diversion 10: Statements of Boredom [RFC 1438].
25: Commerce and Security.26: NREN and NII.Diversion 11: SONET to Sonnet Translation [RFC 1605] & IPv9 [RFC 1606].
27: The Future.Appendix: The Past and Future History.References and Further Readings.Index. 0201876744T04062001

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The design decisions and standards which have made internetworking possible form the focus for this book. The information is essential for any future technical contributions and will provide a central source of information concerning the Internet's technical standards.

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Author

About Peter H. Salus

Peter H. Salus is an internationally recognized UNIX enthusiast and author of A Quarter Century of UNIX, also published by Addison-Wesley. He is the managing editor of the quarterly journal, Computer Systems. He is the author of a number of books, articles and reviews. Salus has an undergraduate degree in chemistry, a master's in Germanic languages, and a doctorate in linguistics from New York University.

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