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I understand that changing all links is more work than updating clients, but why did developers of TCP/IP decide to do it this way?
by 3rd3 12y ago
I understand that changing all links is more work than updating clients, but why did developers of TCP/IP decide to do it this way?
- contingencies 12y agoUpgrade cost of network complexity: The Internet has smart edges ... and a simple core. Adding an new Internet service is just a matter of distributing an application ... Compare this to voice, where one has to upgrade the entire core. - RFC3439 (2002)