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23 Mar, 9 tweets, 3 min read
I need to put all of my networking protocol rants into one place for b̶o̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶m̶u̶t̶u̶a̶l̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶e̶a̶t̶h̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶D̶M̶s̶ easy access. Brace yourself:

The CLNP fiasco at the 1992 IAB meeting:

How layering allowed the ARPANet to grow:
Speaking of layering, here's some Gopher vs. HTTP:

Thoughts on the current state of IPv6 adoption:

The rise and fall of Usenet (NNTP):
More IPv6 thoughts after re-reading 'The Internet Only Just Works':
How DNS went from 'we need a protocol for naming things' to challenging the nation-state:

How have I not tweeted anything about BGP? That seems unpossible - BGP's route table is the closest pre-existing analogue I can think of to the mempool...

Leaving these here b/c I typically mention them in the same arguments:

link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…

bill.herrin.us/network/bgpcos…
Ok, I think I can round this off with 'Pricing Congestible Resources' and just bookmark this thread. Phew.

people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~hal/Papers/pr…

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You're all just toxic HTTP maximalists. Gopher is where the real innovation is at.

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"In order for complex systems to perpetuate... they must strike the balance between exploring new options and exploiting past success... [and] make new advances to fill new niches that arise w/o changing so radically that they can no longer take advantage of their track record." Image
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