15 Oct
2005
15 Oct
'05
1:57 p.m.
this name `internet' name space was considered and rejected. it's
harder than one would think to get details right for all networks, the
addess is only a small part of the information needed for the
connection, and keeping a name space for all the internet updated
would be very hard. instead they use a network!machine!port syntax
with the dial command.
you can follow the full development of those ideas in the following papers.
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/who/dmr/spe.html
http://cm.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/net/net.html
remember. seventh edition was relase in 1977.
Jimmy Carter was president, ``Anne Hall'' won best
picture, and the Chevy Nova was a big hit.