[1457] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: Network policy and design resources
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward Vielmetti)
Mon Oct 12 18:43:13 1992
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 17:09:33 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
From: Edward Vielmetti <emv@msen.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
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let's see -
for contemporary issues, the archives of the 'com-priv' mailing list, and
if you can get them also 'big-internet', 'members@farnet.org', and 'ietf'.
this is good for questions of commercialization of the internet, internet
structure and growth, and details of how design of the net has come up
against growth.
a good chronicle of the times is the "internet monthly report".
for a historical perspective, there is are several archives of primary
internet source materials, including the 'msggroup' mailing list kept at
wuarchive.wustl.edu, and the 'A News' tape as produced by the Usenet
History project. these detail network events from ca. 1976 to 1983,
including some of the formative design elements of networks which have
grown considerably since. If you can locate a complete set of the 'Human
Nets' once organized out of Rutgers that would be immensely helpful.
i would suggest that newcomers be given ample disk space, complete
archives of these groups, and searching tools such as grep and perhaps
full text searching systems like WAIS, from which one might get less of a
canned, preformed idea of how things are. in particular i would suggest
that a good study of the historical record would be more enlightening that
mail messages sent out right now.
good luck, i'd be interested in seeing the syllabus you come up with.
i can give some more detailed references if that is useful.
Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research, Msen Inc. emv@Msen.com
Msen Inc., 628 Brooks, Ann Arbor MI 48103 +1 313 998 4562
