Networks are great in theory, but have some well-known limitations that you should bear in mind when using them. Come find out what they are so that you don't make the same mistakes.

1. Fallacies of
Distributed
Computing

2. Léon Brocard

3. 
Peter Deutsch

4. The network is
reliable

5. Latency is zero

6. Bandwidth is
infinite

7. The network is
secure

8. Topology doesn’t
change

9. There is one
administrator

10. Transport cost is
zero

11. The network is
homogeneous

12. The network is reliable.
Latency is zero.
Bandwidth is infinite.
The network is secure.
Topology doesn’t change.
There is one administrator.
Transport cost is zero.
The network is homogeneous.