From 791a23c353bf81252f9cbe4fa660d7f8b4fb17a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holden Rohrer Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 19:36:44 -0500 Subject: added to internet history --- final/networks.tex | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'final/networks.tex') diff --git a/final/networks.tex b/final/networks.tex index efcfc89..31cf845 100644 --- a/final/networks.tex +++ b/final/networks.tex @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ -Distributed networking describes a variety of protocols, systems, and technologies. +Distributed networking describes a number of protocols, systems, and technologies. The most popular amongst them is ``the internet,'' to the extent it can be described as a single entity. +It originates in very centralized institutions: MIT and DARPA, who invented packet switching, a way of transferring data across a group of nodes [POTENTIAL SUBTOPIC?]\footnote{$^1$}{\link{https://networkencyclopedia.com/packet-switching/}}\footnote{$^2$}{\link{https://www.internetsociety.org/internet/history-internet/brief-history-internet/}}. +Packet switching was the birth of the internet, and as such is a central theme of our project. +The way that packets (any information transferred across any protocol) maintain their correctness, or proving that the data is untampered, and the way that computers connect to eachother will be explored. -- cgit From 346eed5dc7d436e3823276df28b8c1cd6a5a4dbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holden Rohrer Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:06:03 -0500 Subject: updated networks.tex --- final/networks.tex | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'final/networks.tex') diff --git a/final/networks.tex b/final/networks.tex index 31cf845..9f6a9e6 100644 --- a/final/networks.tex +++ b/final/networks.tex @@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ The most popular amongst them is ``the internet,'' to the extent it can be descr It originates in very centralized institutions: MIT and DARPA, who invented packet switching, a way of transferring data across a group of nodes [POTENTIAL SUBTOPIC?]\footnote{$^1$}{\link{https://networkencyclopedia.com/packet-switching/}}\footnote{$^2$}{\link{https://www.internetsociety.org/internet/history-internet/brief-history-internet/}}. Packet switching was the birth of the internet, and as such is a central theme of our project. -The way that packets (any information transferred across any protocol) maintain their correctness, or proving that the data is untampered, and the way that computers connect to eachother will be explored. +The way that packets (any information transferred across any protocol) maintain their correctness, or proving that the data is untampered, and the way that computers connect to eachother will be explored in this paper. +Additionally, we have included some Python programs as proofs-of-concept for some concepts discussed, such as RSA and routing. +Execution instructions for those and source code has been included in the appendix. -- cgit