The Internet: TCP/IP The Seed of Success (Source: The Instruction Set Ltd: The DoD TCP/IP Protocols)
TCP/IP protocol architecture (originally funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA of the US Department of Defense DoD)
The philosophy of TCP/IP:
- enable the use of a number of heterogeneous networks, with different technologies
- provide a robust packet transfer system between hosts and networks
- provide a common host interface, above the local network interface
- enable information exchange between heterogeneous computer systems in a uniform manner
(Goals which differ from those
adopted in commercial networks)