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TCP works very hard to get the data delivered in order without errors and does retransmissions and recoveries and all that kind of stuff which is exactly what you want in a file transfer because so you don't want any errors in your file.

— Jon Postel

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✓Similar Perspectives

Coming back to the topic of computer security, the TCP Wrapper is an example of such a safety net. I wrote it when my systems were under attack by someone who appeared to walk through walls.

— Wietse Venema

To get high data transfer rates in communicating information, you would love to use optical fibers. The problem is that light is extremely hard to manipulate. So we make a perfect copy of the information carried by the light. We transfer it to matter - the condensate.

— Lene Hau

Data transmission is no longer something scary you don't want in your backyard. Now you want it directly in front of your house.

— Douglas Coupland

Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

So ensuring the integrity of the data and integrity and validity of the connection is a very important element in any company's strategy that is moving towards a Web service paradigm.

— John W. Thompson

Data can generally travel the speed of light unless networks are congested. When there's congestion, usually the cheapest and best thing is simply to add capacity generally, not to prioritize certain sites over others.

— Marvin Ammori

So as I look at transitioning to the communication platforms of the future, I see that the beauty of Internet protocols is you get the separation of the layers between service and technology.

— Michael K. Powell

In general, the Internet was not designed to accommodate deliberate failures to communicate.

— Daniel J. Bernstein

In an era when information can be sent instantaneously anywhere, it is utterly nonsensical that our Nation's police, the fire, and EMS personnel cannot consistently communicate with each other.

— Bill Pascrell

✗Opposing Perspectives

It's clear that people are going to download media files, and they're going to talk to each other, and they're going to exchange information and knowledge and so forth. So this system logic is basically what you bounce off of.

— Michael Nesmith