“End-to-End Arguments in System Design” by J.H. Saltzer, D.P. Reed and D.D. Clark, ACM (1984).

Read Introduction, Conclusion

This paper – one of the most important in the literature of around networks – lays out the principle of “design at the endpoints.” This principle – and the “layered” model which accompanies it – is absolutely central to the ethos of the internet. How might designing at the endpoints contribute to the ideals of generativity and decentralization developed in last week’s readings?

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