Leonard Kleinrock

network flexible architecture

"The network is so flexible, and it's such an open network in terms of competition and architecture that if anyone began to flex some power, someone else would step in to compete with them."

— Leonard Kleinrock

culture internet trust

"The culture of the original Internet was one of trust."

— Leonard Kleinrock

DNS internetcontrol distributed

"Everyone seems to think that the D.N.S. system is a big deal, but it's not the heartbeat of the Internet. Who controls the flow of the ocean? Nobody controls it, and it works just fine. There are some things that can't be controlled and should be left distributed."

— Leonard Kleinrock

bottom line close internet

"I think the bottom line is that no one is in a position to close down the Internet."

— Leonard Kleinrock

internt cyberspace smart space

"The Internet is moving out of cyberspace and into smart space."

— Leonard Kleinrock

control internet

“There are some things that can't be controlled.”

— Leonard Kleinrock

internet brain computer shower

"What's out there on the internet, or a computer, or on a disk, is not in your brain. If it's not in your brain when you're showering or driving, you can't think with it. The ideas don't bounce around together and form new ideas. And, you know, I do a lot of my thinking just as I'm falling asleep, when I'm showering, when I'm driving – and I have no way to distract myself with all these aids... I really do think that we're losing our ability to keep things up here and work with them."

— Leonard Kleinrock