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diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc1121.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc1121.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bab0a27 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc1121.txt @@ -0,0 +1,339 @@ + + + + + + +Network Working Group J. Postel (ISI) +Request for Comments: 1121 L. Kleinrock (UCLA) + V. Cerf (NRI) + B. Boehm (UCLA) + September 1989 + + + Act One - The Poems + + +Status of this Memo + + This RFC presents a collection of poems that were presented at "Act + One", a symposium held partially in celebration of the 20th + anniversary of the ARPANET. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. + +Introduction + + The Computer Science Department of the University of California, Los + Angeles (UCLA) organized a Symposium on Very High Speed Information + Networks as the first in a projected series of meetings on Advanced + Computer Technologies, thus ACT ONE. The time was chosen to also + commemorate the 20th anniversary of the installation of the first + Interface Message Processor (IMP) on the ARPANET which took place at + UCLA. + + The Symposium took on a theatrical theme and a few of the speakers + could not resist the temptation to commit poetry. This memo is an + attempt to capture the result. + +The Poems + + + WELCOME + by + Leonard Kleinrock + + We've gathered here for two days to examine and debate + And reflect on data networks and as well to celebrate. + To recognize the leaders and recount the path we took. + We'll begin with how it happened; for it's time to take a look. + + Yes, the history is legend and the pioneers are here. + Listen to the story - it's our job to make it clear. + We'll tell you where we are now and where we'll likely go. + So welcome to ACT ONE, folks. Sit back - enjoy the show!! + + + + + +Postel & Kleinrock & Cerf & Boehm [Page 1] + +RFC 1121 Act One - The Poems September 1989 + + + ODE TO A QUEUE + by + Leonard Kleinrock + + In the 20 years of funding + Many fields has DARPA led. + But the finest thing that they did bring + Was the analytic thread. + + By that I mean they nurtured + Quantitative research tools. + And they always felt for all their gelt + They got principles and rules. + + Indeed a wealth of knowledge + Was uncovered and was new. + And the common thread with which we led + Was the analytic queue! + + Now a queue may have one server. + If there's more, they form a team. + Its dearest wish is just to fish + In a quiet Poisson stream. + + If you want to model networks + Or a complex data flow + A queue's the key to help you see + All the things you need to know. + + So the next time you feel lonely + And wonder what to do, + You'll soon feel fine if you join the line + Of an analytic queue! + + + THE PAST IS PROLOGUE + by + Leonard Kleinrock + + The past is prologue so they say. + So Scene 1 was played today. + It set the stage to point the way + To high speed nets on Friday. + + And old slow IMP, a costly link, + Codes to fix the lines that stink, + Ideas born in tanks that think, + Tomorrow's distance sure to shrink. + + + +Postel & Kleinrock & Cerf & Boehm [Page 2] + +RFC 1121 Act One - The Poems September 1989 + + + But first tonight we'll drink and eat. + We'll take some time good friends to greet. + Hear Bible class from Danny's seat. + Those good old days were bittersweet! + + + THE BIG BANG! + (or the birth of the ARPANET) + by + Leonard Kleinrock + + It was back in '67 that the clan agreed to meet. + The gangsters and the planners were a breed damned hard to beat. + The goal we set was honest and the need was clear to all: + Connect those big old mainframes and the minis, lest they fall. + + The spec was set quite rigid: it must work without a hitch. + It should stand a single failure with an unattended switch. + Files at hefty throughput 'cross the ARPANET must zip. + Send the interactive traffic on a quarter second trip. + + The spec went out to bidders and t'was BBN that won. + They worked on soft and hardware and they all got paid for fun. + We decided that the first node would be we who are your hosts + And so today you're gathered here while UCLA boasts. + + I suspect you might be asking "What means FIRST node on the net?" + Well frankly, it meant trouble, 'specially since no specs were set. + For you see the interface between the nascent IMP and HOST + Was a confidential secret from us folks on the West coast. + + BBN had promised that the IMP was running late. + We welcomed any slippage in the deadly scheduled date. + But one day after Labor Day, it was plopped down at our gate! + Those dirty rotten scoundrels sent the damned thing out air freight! + + As I recall that Tuesday, it makes me want to cry. + Everybody's brother came to blame the other guy! + Folks were there from ARPA, GTE and Honeywell. + UCLA and ATT and all were scared as hell. + + We cautiously connected and the bits began to flow. + The pieces really functioned - just why I still don't know. + Messages were moving pretty well by Wednesday morn. + All the rest is history - packet switching had been born! + + + + + + +Postel & Kleinrock & Cerf & Boehm [Page 3] + +RFC 1121 Act One - The Poems September 1989 + + + ROSENCRANTZ AND ETHERNET + by + Vint Cerf + + All the world's a net! And all the data in it merely packets + come to store-and-forward in the queues a while and then are + heard no more. 'Tis a network waiting to be switched! + + To switch or not to switch? That is the question. Whether + 'tis wiser in the net to suffer the store and forward of + stochastic networks or to raise up circuits against a sea + of packets and, by dedication, serve them. + + To net, to switch. To switch, perchance to slip! + Aye, there's the rub. For in that choice of switch, + what loops may lurk, when we have shuffled through + this Banyan net? Puzzles the will, initiates symposia, + stirs endless debate and gives rise to uncontrolled + flights of poetry beyond recompense! + + + UNTITLED + by + Barry Boehm + + Paul Baran came out of the wood + With a message first misunderstood + But despite dangers lurking + The IMP's were soon working + And ARPA did see it was good. + + So in place of our early myopia + We now have a net cornucopia + With IMP's, TIP's, and LAN's + Wideband VAN's, MAN's, and WAN's + And prospects of World Net Utopia. + + But though we must wind up the clock + With thoughts of downstream feature shock + We all be can mollified + For there's no one more qualified + To discuss this than Leonard Kleinrock. + + + + + + + + + +Postel & Kleinrock & Cerf & Boehm [Page 4] + +RFC 1121 Act One - The Poems September 1989 + + +Notes + + The Symposium was held August 17 & 18, 1989, a Thursday and Friday. + + "Welcome" was presented on Thursday morning during the Overture. + + "Ode to a Queue" was presented in the Thursday morning session on + "Giant Steps Forward: Technology Payoffs". + + "The Past is Prologue" was presented at the end of the Thursday + afternoon sessions. + + "The Big Bang!" was presented during the after dinner events on + Thursday night. + + "Rosencrantz and Ethernet" was presented at the morning session on + Friday on "Communication Technologies in the next Millenium" (note + that this version may differ slightly from the actual presentation + since it was reconstructed from human memory several weeks later). + + The untitled poem by Barry Boehm was presented in the Friday + afternoon session on "Impact on Government, Commerce and Citizenry". + Barry gave his talk on "The Software Challenge to Our Technical + Aspirations" then introduced the next speaker with this poem. + +Security Considerations + + None. + +Authors' Addresses + + Jon Postel + USC/Information Sciences Institute + 4676 Admiralty Way + Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695 + + Phone: 213-822-1511 + + EMail: Postel@ISI.EDU + + + + + + + + + + + + +Postel & Kleinrock & Cerf & Boehm [Page 5] + +RFC 1121 Act One - The Poems September 1989 + + + Leonard Kleinrock + University of California + Computer Science Department + 3732G Boelter Hall + Los Angeles, CA 90024-1600 + + Phone: 213-825-2543 + + EMail: lk@CS.UCLA.EDU + + + Vinton G. Cerf + Corporation for National Research Initiatives + 1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100 + Reston, VA 22091 + + Phone: 703-620-8990 + + EMail: VCerf@NRI.RESTON.VA.US + + + Barry Boehm + University of California + Computer Science Department + 3732 Boelter Hall + Los Angeles, CA 90024-1600 + + Phone: 213-825-8137 + + EMail: boehm@CS.UCLA.EDU + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Postel & Kleinrock & Cerf & Boehm [Page 6] +
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