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TCP/IP Annotated Bibliography
This page is meant to serve as a resource for
technical documents relating to the development and history of
the Internet, and more specifically documents pertaining to the
development and evolution of TCP/IP.
A Partial Specification of an International Transmission
Protocol
Author(s): Vint Cerf
This is an early draft of TCP sent by Cerf to a few colleagues for
review. This is not a formal specification, but it does reveal many of the
most fundamental design considerations for what eventually became the
Transmission Control Program.
A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication
Author(s): Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn
IEEE
Transactions of Communications, vol. com-22,
no. 5
Published in May 1974, this paper lays out descriptions and explanations
for design decissions made in the creation of TCP. It is not a formal
specification, but is a complete summary of TCP.
Protocols and Gateways for the Interconnection of Packet
Switching
Networks
Author(s): Vint Cerf and Carl Sunshine
This paper discusses issues that arise when host computers in distinct,
interconnected networks attempt to communicate via a standard
protocol.
Specification of
Internet Transmission Control Program
Author(s): Vint Cerf, Yogen Dalal and Carl Sunshine
NIC #2, INWG #72, RFC 675
This is the first formal specification of TCP, written in December of
1974. The authors describe TCP in great depth, giving exact specifications
for all elements of the Transmission Control Program.
Proposal For An Internetwork End to End Protocol
Author(s): V. Cerf, A. McKenzie, R. Scantlebury, H. Zimmerman
INWG General Note #96
Written in July of 1975, this paper serves as a proposal for a host to
host protocol for computer networks being developed all over the
world. The proposol is the result of work done by Work Group 6.1 of the
International Federation of Information Processing.
TCP Resynchronization
Author(s): Vint Cerf
Technical Note #79
Written in January of 1976, this paper discusses problems with finite
sequence numbers, and makes proposals on how to handle TCP
resynchronization.
TCP Version 2 Specification
Author(s): Vint Cerf
IEN #5
This is the second formal specification of TCP, and replaces RFC 675.
Comments on
Internet Protocol and TCP
Author(s): Jon Postel
IEN #2
Written in August of 1977, this memo approaches internetwork communication
as being comprised of two components: one component that manages the hop
to hop relaying of a message, with the other component managing end to end
communications. This is one of the first papers to discuss ideas that lead
to the split of TCP into TCP/IP.
TCP Specification 3
Author(s): Vint Cerf
IEN #21
This is the third formal specification for TCP, and the last specification
for TCP that was not coupled with a specification for IP. This IEN was
written in January of 1978.
Specification of Internetwork Transmission Control Protocol -
Version 4
Author(s): Jon Postel
IEN #40
Wriiten in June of 1978. This is the fourth formal specification of TCP,
and the first time formal specs were issued for both TCP and IP.
Internet Protocol Specification - Version 4
Author(s): Jon Postel
IEN #41
This is the first formal and seperate specification for the Internet
Protocol, written in June of 1978.
Transmission
Control Protocol
Author(s): Jon Postel
IEN #112
Formal specification of TCP from August of 1979.
Internet
Protocol
Author(s): Jon postel
IEN #111
Formal specification of IP from August of 1979.
DoD
Standard Transmission Control Protocol
Author(s): Jon Postel
RFC761, IEN #129
This is the specification for TCP as of January, 1980.
DoD Standard
Internet Protocol
Author(s): Jon postel
RFC760, IEN #128
This is the specification for IP as of January, 1980
Other Links of Interest
- RFC
1122: The first part of a pair that defines and discusses the
requirements for Internet host software. This RFC covers the
communications protocol layers: link layer, IP layer, and transport
layer
- RFC
1123: The second part of a pair that defines and discusses the
requirements for Internet host software. This RFC covers the application
and support protocols
- Internet RFC/STD/FYI/BCP
Achives: Searchable database of numerous Reques For Comments, Memos,
etc..
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