Patterns in network architecture
by John D. Day · first published 2008
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An insider's history of network protocols by someone who worked on ARPANET and the OSI effort, offering a recursive view of networking. For readers wanting fundamentals and the reasoning behind design choices.
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You will find an interesting point of view on these matters presented in: "Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals" by John Day Prentice-Hall 2008 ISBN 0-13-225242-2
on “Ask HN: Where can one learn about the history of the internet and the protocols?” ↗There is a quite interesting book where the author (John Day) shares an inside view about the OSI committees back in the 70's and 80's, and its endless discussions: "Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals" [1] [1] http://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Network-Architecture-Fundamen...
on “OSI: The Internet That Wasn’t (2013)” ↗John Day, a protocol and ARPANET developer, answered this exact question most completely and wonderfully in his book "Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals" [1]. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Network-Architecture-Fundamen...
on “Ask HN: If we could redesign the Internet from scratch, what should it be?” ↗John Day's Patterns in Network Architecture is a highly opinionated book (by someone who was around for the development of the Internet and OSI standards), and one that provided a radically new perspective on networking and network protocols that…
on “Ask HN: What's the best computer science book you've read recently?” ↗I'd recommend Patterns in Network Architecture by John Day. I had him as a professor at Boston University and loved hearing his war stories from his days working on ARPANET. https://www.amazon.com/DAY-PATTS-NET-ARCHITECTURE-_p1/dp/013...
on “Ask HN: What is a good book to learn about the network stack?” ↗Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals by John Day. There's not a lot of criticism of technology at this level.
on “Ask HN: What are the best unknown books you have read?” ↗There is the website http://www.pouzinsociety.org that covers new network architectures, also John Day quoted in the article has written a good book about networking history and future paths in “patterns in network architecture”
on “The internet’s fifth man (2013)” ↗…every network could be considered "alternative," and in almost a Platonic sense, RINA treats every network and every connection as already existing. If this is of interest, I highly recommend the book "Patterns in Network Architecture."
on “Ask HN: Is there a way to build an alternative internet?” ↗Patterns in Network Architecture First published in 2007, Patterns... describes a kind of grand unification of network protocols, collapsing the fraught OSI model into a single, recursive layer. Notable features include: the unification…
on “Ask HN: Books that impacted your work that few other people seem to care about?” ↗Overall this is helpful, but it seems a bit ranty, and doesn't do as much as (for example) John Day's Patterns in Network Architecture to provide a positive alternative model.
on “The OSI Deprogrammer” ↗…of network management architecture, working in the area since 1984 and building and deploying LAN products and a network management system, a decade ahead of comparable systems. Mr. Day has published Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals (Prentice Hall, 2008), which has been characterized (embarrassingly) as “the most important book on network protocols in general and the Internet in particular ever written.”…
on “Why TCP needs 3 handshakes” ↗