December 18, 2007
Tracking the Internet into the 21st Century with Vint Cerf
While the inclusion of video on the web maybe infamous for happy slapping on youtube and annoying for all those new style adverts, you can occasionally find some really great lectures and talks.
This one is by Vint Cerf, who played a huge role in the creation and development of the modern internet. For instance it is well known that IPv4 address space is running out (hence the move to IPv6).
But when was the last time you heard someone say “I have to admit I am personally the cause of this problem”. It turns out Vint was heading the program in 1977 and an argument had been raging for about a year between his engineers, he made the decision to go ahead with 32 bit addressing for the experimental IPv4 thinking they could re-engineer later for a production system.
He starts his talk on the topic of writing some of the first protocols for what would become arpanet and ends it talking about protocols he has been developing with NASA for an interplanetary internet.
Highly recommend if you have 80 minutes to spare!
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