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The Technical History of the Internet

Delve into the evolution of the internet from 1960 to 1999, exploring key milestones, concepts, and developments that shaped the global network we know today. Discover early packet networks, internet standards, and the challenges faced during the internet's transformative journey.

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The Technical History of the Internet

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  1. The Technical History of the Internet ACM SIGCOMM ‘99 August 31, 1999

  2. Introduction/Global Context • The REAL organizers: Chris Edmondson-Yurkanan, Ellan Zegura, Craig Partridge and Lyman Chapin • Sessions may have some overlap in time frame • There isn't enough time for everything or even a small fraction, so don’t get your pants in a bunch.

  3. Approximate Time Line • Session 1: 1960-1970 - ”Laying the Foundation" • Session 2: 1965-1980 "Building Early Packet Networks" • Session 3: 1973-1983 "Creating the Internet and Developing Internet Standards" • Session 4: 1980-1990 "Fixing the Internet -The Internet Shakedown Cruise" • Session 5: 1986-1999 "Connecting the World - Reaching the Many; Connecting Different Networks"

  4. The Context • Packet Switching is a new idea (telco types gave it a -5 on a scale of 1-10) • Computers are million dollar items and ARPA can’t buy new ones every year but minicomputers have just arrived • Time-sharing and inter-process communication are new ideas • Personal Computers don’t exist • Networks are expensive

  5. A Few Key Early Concepts • 1961-1965 Kleinrock, Baran, Davies work on packet switching; Davies proposes a UK national network • 1965 ff: Engelbart’s NLS, hypertext, mouse • 1966 - Roberts/Marill link two machines; first ARPANET concepts • 1966 - Tymnet virtual circuits/frames www.mediacity.com/~norm/ETH.html • 1969 - BBN team delivers first IMP to UCLA - Kahn, Heart, Walden et al

  6. More Early Dates • 1970 - Host-Host NCP protocol developed by NWG led by S. Crocker. NIL/DEL (net interface language/decode-encode language) presage agents and Java • 1970 - Alohanet at Univ Hawaii - Abramson, Kuo, Binder; link to ARPANET 1972 • 1971/72 - email ideas emerge, Tomlinson’s @ • 1972 - ARPANET Demo at ICCC72 organized by Kahn; INWG formed

  7. More Early Dates • 1972 - FTP (works) and Data Reconfig flops • 1973 - Metcalfe invents Ethernet at PARC • 1971/73 - Roberts: Packet Satellite Net, Kahn: Packet Radio • 1973/74 - First Internet papers by Cerf and Kahn for INWG and IEEE • 1973-76 - Virtual circuits and X.25 origins (leading to Telenet, Datapac, PSS, Transpac) • 1974 - Cyclades and Cigale (grasshopper) by Pouzin for IRIA in France

  8. Reference Material • Peter Salus, Casting the Net • Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon, Where Wizards Stay Up Late • Janet Abbate, Inventing the Internet • Stephen Segaller, NERDS 2.0.2 - A Brief History of the Internet • Neil Randall, The Soul of the Internet • Peter Denning, Talking Back to the Machine

  9. Reference Material • Tom Standage, The Victorian Internet • Tracy LaQuey, The Internet Companion • Carl Malamud, Exploring the Internet • Hobbes Timeline, www.isoc.org/guest/zakon/Internet/History/HIT.html • Barry Leiner, et al, “A Brief History of the Internet”, www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.html

  10. Finding these slides www.wcom.com/cerfsup

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