Talk:Network Control Program

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[edit] Misinterpreted (?) BSDTalk info

If you look at the NCP as described in the Protocol Handbook, it is obvious that it runs on the same host as the rest of the protocol stack. And, incidentally, I saw many examples of that (including Unix implementations). While it is true that NCP (and the whole ARPANET) was limited to 256 hosts originally, it was expanded in the late 70s to 4,096 hosts (ref: BBN 1822). So I'm deleting that whole weird sentence based on the BSDTalk interview. As a practical matter, TCP/IP incorporates bits of both NCP and the BBN 1822 protocol, and the latter did indeed reside on a special purpose box (the IMP). That must be the source of the confusion. Rick Smith 23:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing Information

This article says nothing about the use of NCP by IBM. See my comments at Talk:systems Network ArchitectureRdmoore6 20:13, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 17 March edit

I tried to make clear that ARPANET NCP executed on a host rather than a "specialized processor". RFC36 seems to make the host residence of NCP clear. I inserted the link to RFC36 in further reading.

Perusal of the first thirty Google hits on "Network Control Protocol" suggested that it iss not often confused with the RFC36 context of NCP and so I deleted that sentence. The link to the BSDTalk Interview doesn't seem to work quite right but I have left it for now.Rdmoore6 05:43, 17 March 2006 (UTC)