Accepting Quote by Jon Postel

Coming back to the topic of computer security, the TCP Wrapper is an example of such a safety net. I wrote it when my…

— Wietse Venema

There is an odd mix of permeability and impermeability in the Net. You won't be able to communicate with everyone, and not every application…

— Vint Cerf

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, take out the TCP.

— Otis Redding

“An almost equally important payoff of open source is its utility as a way to propagate open standards and build markets around them. The…

— Eric S. Raymond

I'm a big believer in using the best IP for a given application.

— Lisa Su

When I helped to develop the open standards that computers use to communicate with one another across the Net, I hoped for but could…

— Vint Cerf

“If a customer asks you to build a system that handles netsplits while staying consistent and available, you know that you need to either…

— Fred Hebert

Fight Features. … The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small.

— Andrew S. Tanenbaum

So as I look at transitioning to the communication platforms of the future, I see that the beauty of Internet protocols is you get…

— Michael K. Powell

Journal paywalls are an example of something that works in the reverse direction, making communication less open and efficient.

— Alexandra Elbakyan

You can prematurely optimize maintainability, flexibility, security, and robustness just like you can performance.

— John Carmack

We need to invest in telecommunication infrastructure with redundancies to combat denial of service attacks.

— Brianna Wu