Foreword
Rarely does one find a book on a well-known topic that is both historically and technically comprehensive and remarkably accurate. One of the things I admire about this work is the “warts and all” approach that gives it such credibility. The TCP/IP architecture is a product of the time in which it was conceived. That it has been able to adapt to growing requirements in many dimensions by factors of a million or more, to say nothing of a plethora of applications, is quite remarkable. Understanding the scope and limitations of the architecture and its protocols is a sound basis from which to think about future evolution and even revolution.
During the early formulation of the Internet architecture, the notion of “enterprise” was not really ...
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