ThriftNet: a reliable networking strategy

ThriftNet is a system of programs which employs a relatively simple protocol which effects the transfer of files between computers (Ferguson, et al., 1980). Since the notion of a simple protocol runs contrary to the prevailing thought on the design of computer networks (Maginnis, 1982), it is necessary to statistically establish the reliability of the protocol in accomplishing its objective of transferring files. Each time a file transfer process is completed using the ThriftNet system, statistical information is logged on the target operating system, consisting of the date and time, the user's name, the network node identification numbers for both the master and the target computer systems, the target system terminal line number and its baud rate, the number of byte count errors, the number of longitudinal redundancy check character errors, the number of successfully transferred 128 byte blocks, the total duration of the file transfer, and the effective data transmission rate between systems (i.e. the actual number of data bytes transferred per second).