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Somewhere I read that to grasp the technology of the internet, computers and networking, you really only needed to understand: TCP/IP, the end to end principle, object-oriented programming and service based APIs.
This summary of 10 serious networking papers is useful to have and also points to Blumenthal/Clark's key paper on the architecture of the internet:
M. Blumenthal, D. Clark, “Rethinking the Design of the
Internet: the End-to-end Arguments vs. the Brave New
World,” ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, Vol. 1 ,
No. 1 (August 2001) pp. 70-109.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
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Yugoslav Internet Domain Name '.yu' Finally Discontinued - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2010
Yugoslavia disappeared in the 1990s but the domain lingered on.
When DNS goes bad – China’s Firewall goes global.. crossing. « Computer Solutions Blog
How DNS server stuff ups caused China's firewall to go global in places recently - just like when Sweden disappeared for a few hours in 2009.
'Rape simulator' game goes viral amid calls for censorship
Controversial! But the article summarises many of the difficulties of most opinions on this divide... does bad stuff justify bad laws? The second comment - re why do media exacerbate the situation? is also pertinent.
The internet has changed power and social relations causing disequilibrium amongst existing controls and power structures and social norms. This marks a highly contested border dispute.Realising Our Broadband Future
Full proceedings of the Dec 2009 conference. Could anyone who reads/listens to a session circulate a summary? There's so much material in here that it's very daunting!
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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