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TeMPOraL | karma 106045 | avg karma 3.04 · 2018-11-05 22:19:34+00:00

The two aren't at odds. Packet routing was designed to survive sudden and severe loss of network paths, but it still assumes that participants on the network are cooperative players.

cm2187 | karma 24483 | avg karma 3.15 · 2018-11-05 22:21:34+00:00

In other words that they were confident there wouldn't be a russian evil maid anywhere on a US wide network.

TeMPOraL | karma 106045 | avg karma 3.04 · 2018-11-05 22:58:07+00:00

You got me here. I have no clue if this scenario was considered, and how this affected the design process. It was the Cold War after all.