Tussle in Cyberspace: Defining Tomorrow's Internet
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 2002 · paper · Computer science
Argues that Internet stakeholders have conflicting interests, a contest the authors call "the tussle", and that network architecture must accommodate it. Gives examples of tussle and proposes technical design principles that take it into account.
Checked: PDF from www2.cs.arizona.edu, fetched 4 Oct 2026. Page numbers are those of that PDF.
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Reference or label Reference [6] gives "International Journal of Industrial Organization 14, 6 (1996), 670–699."; the published article is reported to start on page 673.
- p. 10 Reference [6]
International Journal of Industrial Organization 14, 6 (1996), 670–699.
Only the authors can say what is right here.
Judge's note: Rests on outside knowledge: Economides, 'The economics of networks', IJIO 14(6), 1996, runs pp. 673–699 according to the reviewer's memory and Crossref. The page 10 crop confirms the printed range 670–699. The true pagination cannot be checked within the files.
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11 minor (typos and the like; most checked by the judge only)
Wording Introduction roadmap ends "We conclude by discussing some tussle spaces...", but Sections 4 (REVISITING OLD PRINCIPLES) and 5 (LESSONS FOR DESIGNERS) follow the tussle spaces (Section 3) and the roadmap does not mention them.
- p. 1 Section 1, roadmap paragraph
We conclude by discussing some tussle spaces
- p. 7 Section 4 heading
REVISITING OLD PRINCIPLES
Judge's note: Page 1 shows the roadmap: landscape, then principles, then 'We conclude by discussing some tussle spaces'. The text layer and page 7 show headings 3 TUSSLE SPACES, 4 REVISITING OLD PRINCIPLES, 5 LESSONS FOR DESIGNERS and 6 CONCLUSION. The roadmap leaves out two substantial sections. 'Conclude' could be loose prose, so I rate this a minor observation.
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Wording "may intentionally give no error information or even reveal their presence": read literally, the devices reveal their presence; the context requires "or not even reveal their presence".
- p. 8 Section 4.1, 'Failures of transparency will occur' paragraph
intentionally give no error information or even reveal their presence
Judge's note: The page 8 crop shows this wording. The passage is about devices that hide themselves, which diagnostic tools must account for, so a negation is missing. The intended meaning is clear from context, so I rate it minor.
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Typo Missing word: "those who seek anonymity vs. those would identify them" should read "those who would identify them".
- p. 2 Section 1.2, right column, list of tussles
those who seek anonymity vs. those would identify them
Judge's note: The page 2 image shows the printed text without 'who'. The parallel clause earlier in the sentence reads 'those who would reveal them'.
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Typo "the on-line analog of Consumers Reports" names the magazine as 'Consumers Reports'; it is usually 'Consumer Reports'.
- p. 3 Section 2.2, last paragraph
the on-line analog of Consumers Reports
Only the authors can say what is right here.
Judge's note: Rests on outside knowledge: the magazine's name is 'Consumer Reports'. The page 3 image shows 'Consumers Reports'.
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Typo The plural is written "ISP's" twice ("Many ISP's refuse to route small address blocks", "many ISP's directly competing"), while the rest of the paper writes "ISPs".
- p. 4 Section 3.1.1
Many ISP's refuse to route small address blocks
- p. 5 Section 3.1.4
to be many ISP's directly competing to serve the customer
Judge's note: The page 4 image shows 'Many ISP's refuse'. The text layer has 'ISP’s' at lines 433 and 565 (pages 4 and 5) and 'ISPs' 17 times elsewhere. An apostrophe plural is an old but accepted style, so this is a consistency point only.
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Typo "service providers do not like loose source, because ISPs" is missing 'routing' ("loose source routing").
- p. 5 Section 3.1.4, paragraph after first bullet
service providers do not like loose source, because ISPs
Judge's note: The page 5 crop shows 'do not like loose source, because ISPs' with no hyphenation break. The rest of the passage speaks of 'source route(s)'. It could be informal shorthand, but a word looks dropped.
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Typo Number agreement: "ISPs enter into business arrangement that determine" should read "business arrangements that determine".
- p. 5 Section 3.1.4
ISPs enter into business arrangement that determine
- p. 5 Section 3.1.4
ISPs enter into business arrangement that
Judge's note: The page 5 crop confirms the singular 'arrangement'. The verb 'determine' is plural, and the same sentence goes on to say 'overriding these arrangements'.
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Typo Missing apostrophe: "one can be held accountable for ones actions" should read "one's actions".
- p. 7 Section 3.2.1, third paragraph
one can be held accountable for ones actions
Judge's note: The page 7 crop shows 'ones actions' with no apostrophe.
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Typo Wrong word form: "The lost of trust calls for less transparency, not more" should read "The loss of trust".
- p. 8 Section 4.1, first bullet
The lost of trust calls for less transparency
- p. 8 Section 4.1, first bullet
The lost of trust calls for less transparency, not more
- p. 8
The lost of trust calls for less transparency, not more,
Judge's note: The page 8 crops show 'lost'.
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Typo "is doing nothing more that preserving the core design tenet" should read "nothing more than preserving".
- p. 9 Section 4.2, fourth paragraph
is doing nothing more that preserving the core design tenet
- p. 9 Sec 4.2
doing nothing more that preserving the core design tenet
Judge's note: The page 9 crop shows 'more that'.
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Typo Subject-verb agreement: "If one can find spaces where tussle are unlikely" should read "tussles are" (or "tussle is").
- p. 9 Section 4.2, last paragraph
If one can find spaces where tussle are unlikely
- p. 9 section 4.2
spaces where tussle are unlikely
Judge's note: The page 9 crop shows 'tussle are unlikely'.
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