Designing an Internet

by David D. Clark

Book Overview

Why the Internet was designed to be the way it is, and how it could be different, now and in the future.

How do you design an internet? The architecture of the current Internet is the product of basic design decisions made early in its history. What would an internet look like if it were designed, today, from the ground up? In this book, MIT computer scientist David Clark explains how the Internet is actually put together, what requirements...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262038609
• ISBN13: 9780262038607
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher