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tags: [fleeting, networks, ARPANET, packet-switching]
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created: Tuesday, October 22, 2024
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# 385af4b4-43ea-4a5f-85a3-5791d95109aa
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## _Paul Baran's concept of a distributed network and influence on architecture of the ARPANET_
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Baran worked for RAND not ARPA and his work predated the commencement of the
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ARPANET. However his model of a distributed network was highly influential on
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the design of the ARPANET. He served as a consultant to ARPA during the initial
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construction of the ARPANET.
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Unlike ARPA, Baran was concerned with command and control and how a
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communication network could be resiliant enough to withstand nuclear conflict.
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He analysed the weaknesses in AT&T's telephone network.
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