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Spanning Tree: Radia Perlman

Spanning Tree: Radia Perlman

Mirjam Kühne

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The spanning tree protocol used to connect Ethernet segments together was actually created after routing, over the span of a single week. Radia Perlman, who invented spanning tree, joins the history of networking.

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IPv6: Bob Hinden

IPv6: Bob Hinden

Mirjam Kühne

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Bob Hinden is the co-inventor of IPv6.

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Software Defined Networks: Martin Casado

Software Defined Networks: Martin Casado

Mirjam Kühne

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Software Defined Networks, or SDNs, were originally designed to solve a specific set of research and deployment problems. While SDN hasn't ever really "taken off" the way many predicted, the concepts and ideas have played a major role in the development of hyperscale and data center fabric control …

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Segment Routing: Jeff Tantsura

Segment Routing: Jeff Tantsura

Mirjam Kühne

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Segment routing, according to many routing geeks, is what MPLS should have been in the first place. In this recording, Jeff Tantsura discusses the original use cases and design logic behind SR.

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Routing Software - P4: Nick McKeown

Routing Software - P4: Nick McKeown

Mirjam Kühne

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Nick McKeown developed the open source P4 language for describing how a switching engine processes packets, allowing engineers to specify and implement customized forwarding to support policy and new protocols in the field.

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Routing Software - Early PDP11 and Commercialisation: Bill Yeager

Routing Software - Early PDP11 and Commercialisation: Bill Yeager

Mirjam Kühne

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Bill Yeager developed the routing code for the PDP11 which ultimately formed the basis for Cisco IOS.

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Routing Software - Linux Routing: J.R. Rivers

Routing Software - Linux Routing: J.R. Rivers

Mirjam Kühne

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The open source Linux operating system plays a large role in building routing and host devices; JR Rivers joins the history of networking to discuss the history of routing in Linux. ---- DRAFT ---

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Regional Perspectives - An Asian Perspective: Kilnom Chon

Regional Perspectives - An Asian Perspective: Kilnom Chon

Mirjam Kühne

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Dr. Chon is a professor in South Korea who first encountered IP networking while working in the United States. He carried these technologies back to South Korea, starting the first experiments with this new form of networking, developing native versions of the IP and routing stacks on PDP11's.

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Regional Perspectives - A Latin American Perspective: Christian O’Flaherty

Regional Perspectives - A Latin American Perspective: Christian O’Flaherty

Mirjam Kühne

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The growth of the Internet in Latin America is different than in North America, not least because of the many geographic and political realities in the region. Christian O’Flaherty traces these factors, and how they shaped the Internet in Latin America.

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QUIC: Jana Iyengar

QUIC: Jana Iyengar

Mirjam Kühne

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QUIC is a new transport protocol designed with many of the same features as TCP, but running over UDP.

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