In the early 1960s, Paul Baran produced a plan to create a packet-switched network for the US military. There were two advantages to this scheme. One was that any sort of computer could be connected to the network. What was the other advantage?
a. It would make rerouting easy
b. It would centralize the network, making top-down control mechanisms easier to implement
c. It would use technology only available in the United States
d. It would be encrypted
e. It would make international connections less costly