Well, if we're veering off into the realm of political commentary and putdown, I suppose it's ok to ask whether George W. Bush could spell TCP/IP "all by himself".
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Zeitz" To: Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 2:09 PM Subject: RE: TCP/IP and DOD [7:39657] > Yea, it was Al Gore who invented TCP/IP and the internet, all by > himself. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Priscilla Oppenheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 4:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: TCP/IP and DOD [7:39657] > > Vint Cerf wasn't commissioned. He was a graduate student at UCLA. BBN > set > up the infrastructure of the ARPANET and got the Interface Message > Processors (routers) and the 56-Kbps links up and running. To use the > ARPANET, universities had to write software for the devices that > connected > to the ARPANET. TCP/IP grew out of that effort. > > Priscilla > > At 03:47 PM 4/5/02, Rico Ortiz wrote: > >My understanding is Vint Cerf, was the creator of the TCP/IP protocols. > Not > >sure but was he not commissioned by DOD/BBN during the ARPAnet days.. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > >Steven A. Ridder > >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:05 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: TCP/IP and DOD [7:39657] > > > > > >I am a technical reviewer for a book, and someone wrote that TCP/IP was > >written by the Depertment of Defense. I am confident that ARPAnet was > >commissiond by the DoD in the 60's to BBN, and maybe TCP/IP was derived > from > >these early protocls, but to say the the DoD, or BBN or anyone other > than > >the Internet community wrote TCP and IP would be incorrect, right? I > seem > >to remember that IP was used in ArpaNet, but not TCP. I thought TCP > was > >written in various universities. I could even look up the couple (who > used > >to work at Cisco) who wrote it. > > > >-- > > > >RFC 1149 Compliant. > >Get in my head: > >http://sar.dynu.com > ________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=40642&t=39657 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
