Abstract
Moves are afoot that could lead ultimately to a major National Research Network that would provide a computer network infrastructure to support the scientific research community. With increases in computation power outpacing network advances, the current situation has been described as analogous to limiting high-performance automobiles to footpaths. A National Research Council committee, in a recently issued report, has thrown its support behind the concept of such a network proposed last November by the Office of Science & Technology Policy. Making the most of existing and anticipated high-performance computing resources is among the justifications for a national research network noted by the NRC committee. Meanwhile, the Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that it is planning to develop a new national network for research to replace its ARPANET, first demonstrated in 1969. The new network, the Defense Research Internet (DRI), folds into the overall nat...
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