138: Fixing the Internet with John Day
In the second part of a two-episode special, Professor John Day continues to share his stories from the early days of the internet. From the debate surrounding IPv6, different methodology around network design, and John’s own career advice, there’s tons o
Programming Throwdown · Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci with guest John Day
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Show Notes
00:00:24 Introductions
00:00:49 IP v6
00:04:50 OSI
00:12:53 The IP v7 debate
00:20:18 The definition of an address’s scope
00:21:38 Why John feels DNS was a mistake
00:26:40 How IP mobility works
00:32:13 Bluetooth
00:41:41 Where will Internet architecture go from here
00:49:49 Understanding the problem space
00:59:04 The angels in the details
01:00:53 Scientific thinking vs engineering thinking
01:04:01 Victorian architecture
01:06:11 John’s career advice
01:11:18 Garbage Can Model
01:14:38 How to make the most out of college today
01:27:05 Farewells
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Professor John D. Day:
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Day_(computer_scientist)
- Website: https://www.bu.edu/met/profile/john-day/
- Book: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/patterns-in-network/9780132252423/
Terminologies:
- CIDR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing
- OSI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model
- Connectionless Network Protocol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectionless-mode_Network_Service
- SIP (Session Initiation Protocol): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol
- Garbage can model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_can_model
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