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What are “Soft” and “Hard” states ?

This question has been bugging me for a long time, and I’ve just read this short technical note which is by far the best piece on the distinction between these two types of states. “Hard-state” protocols mean that in the absence of some event to trigger a protocol response, the protocol’s state will remain unchanged ...

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A list of networking conferences’ and journals’ dates, stats and rankings

A collection of conference and journal rankings and statistics in the networking area that I’ve found on the Internet. Conferences Networking Conference Statistics [Link] Networking Conference Dates [Link] Computer Science Conference Ranking [Link] Network Management: Where to publish? [Link] Networking Conference Ranking [Link] CS Conference Tiers (2007) [Link] Impact of Publication Venues in Computer Science ...

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