• DocumentCode
    16561
  • Title

    Knocking Down Strawmen

  • Author

    Cerf, Vinton G.

  • Author_Institution
    Google
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Nov.-Dec. 2014
  • Firstpage
    88
  • Lastpage
    88
  • Abstract
    The Internet´s openness and neutral treatment are vital to its past and future utility. Many of the debates concerning these terms are based on strawman proposals that fail to consider the fundamental design philosophy of the Internet´s architecture and protocols.
  • Keywords
    Computer architecture; Design engineering; Internet; Open systems; Packet switching; Internet technologies; best efforts services; freedom from harm; freedom of speech; net neutrality; open Internet; packet switching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Internet Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7801
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIC.2014.115
  • Filename
    6939591