Exploring the InternetExploring the Internet is a technical travelogue, chronicling 3 trips around the world during the early days of the Internet. The author visits the people creating the emerging global network, and uses the trip to help liberate key technical standards that govern the use of the underlying telephone network. " A] consistent ... strategy of terrorism" - The General Assembly of Georgia and the State of Georgia "Malamud is one crazy Gaijin " - Professor Jun Murai, Keio University (Hardcover Edition, 25th Anniversary Reissue.) |
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airport ARPANET asked backbone BITNET Bruno called certainly connected countries CSNET customers David Farber DECnet developed disk documents EBONE electronic engineers Ethernet EUnet Europe European example Fermilab fiber files Free-Net funding gigabit HEPnet Hong Kong host IETF infrastructure INRIA interface Internet INTEROP ISDN issue leased lines located look lunch machine Mbps meeting messages million Minitel modem morning NORDUnet NSFNET operation packets PhoneNet problem protocols research network routers routing servers Singapore SNMP standards started Steve switch TCP/IP technical Telecom telecommunications telephone terminal things token ring Tony took traffic trying University UNIX users UUCP VAXen walked wanted workstations X.25 network