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· 2mo ago

This week looks at previous protocols and how they shaped IP today. Some important lessons in here should be understood, especially around legacy protocols and their existence in networks today. #GoblinEater #CyberCavern #Cybersecurity #protocols #IP #IPX #Novell #cisco https://ubritsa.com/posts/the-guild-the-road-and-the-strays-how-ip-won-the-protocol-wars-and-what-got-left-behind/

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The Guild, the Road, and the Strays: How IP Won the Protocol Wars — and What Got Left Behind

In medieval Europe, if you wanted to make shoes, you joined the cobblers’ guild. Not because the guild made better shoes than you could make alone — though it might have. You joined because the guild controlled the knowledge of shoemaking, the supply of leather, the right to sell in the market square. The guild wasn’t just a craft association. It was an economic enclosure - you couldn’t compete with what you couldn’t learn.

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