138: Fixing the Internet with John Day

Programming Throwdown

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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