End-to-End Arguments in System Design

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Year: 1984  ·  Venue: ACM Transactions on Computer Systems  ·  Authors: Jerome Saltzer, David Reed, David Clark

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Abstract

Functions should live at the endpoints unless the network can do them completely and cheaply. The most-cited design principle in networking — and the most argued about.

My Notes

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