The HELLO Protocol (HELLO)
The TCP/IP Internet as we know it today evolved over the course of decades. It began as an experimental research project started by the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA or ARPA). Called the ARPAnet, the project grew through the addition of other networks, such as the important NSFnet developed by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSFnet backbone grew over the course of many years and was instrumental to the eventual creation of the modern Internet.
The original NSFnet backbone consisted of six Digital Equipment Corporation (absorbed by Compaq years ago) LSI-11 computers located across the United States. These computers ran special software that was colloquially called "fuzzball." ...
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