North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Notes on the Internet for Bell Heads
> ... But there doesn't seem to > >be anything that helps Bell heads understand what switching, routing > >or signaling means on the Internet. There are a lot of words which are > >spelled alike, but mean very different things in the Bell world and the > >Internet world. > > > >I've been thinking of it like driving in England or the USA. We drive > >on different sides of the road. Its safe until you get someone who > >doesn't know the rules of the road driving on the other side of the > >Atlantic. So how do you explain the rules of the Internet road to someone > >used to driving on the telephone system? Padlipsky's Elements of Networking Style may be the funiest technical book ever written. It is a really vicious critique of the whole OSI approach, written mid-80s. Some chapters are also available as RFCs, I think 871-875. "If you know what you're doing, three layers are enough. If not, even 17 won't save you."
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