Clark: the design philosophy of the DARPA Internet protocols

What changed

Reconstructed and prioritized Internet design goals including survivability, service diversity and fate sharing.

Scientific scope

The record is Clark's sole-author 1988 SIGCOMM paper. It is a retrospective architectural rationale, not sole credit for TCP/IP or the Internet, and it does not imply that every later Internet design follows the same priorities.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Clark's sole-author 1988 SIGCOMM paper. It is a retrospective architectural rationale, not sole credit for TCP/IP or the Internet, and it does not imply that every later Internet design follows the same priorities.

Contributors

• David D. Clark · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• MIT-hosted Clark paper compilation
• DBLP record for DARPA Internet design paper

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