Re: "Intel calls for Internet overhaul"

[Rachael Treu-Gomes <rara () navigo com>]

Indeed.  

So would this be...IP over IP?

And tunnels in tunnels in tunnels...

I see some deep recursion fun here.  (Now...to keep the 
underlying carrier networks up.  Perhaps we need an 
Undernet for the Internet to support this Overnet and 
its valid mode of delivery.)

Follow the white rabbit... <knock knock>

heh,
--ra

On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 08:22:10PM +0000, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) said something to the effect of:
> Layer 8.
>
> - ferg
>
>
> -- Paul Vixie <paul () vix com> wrote:
>
> update SAN FRANCISCO--The Internet needs to be upgraded with a new layer
> of abilities that will deal with imminent problems of capacity, security
> and reliability, Intel Chief Technology Officer Pat Gelsinger said
> Thursday.
>
> Gelsinger pointed to PlanetLab, an experimental network that sits on top
> of the Internet, as a step in the right direction. Hewlett-Packard and
> Intel have begun work trying to commercialize the project, which was
> started in 2002, in order to overlay the Internet with intelligence and
> adaptability.  [...]
>
> http://news.com.com/Intel+calls+for+Internet+overhaul/2100-1006_3-5359743.html?tag=nl
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
>  fergdawg () netzero net or
>  fergdawg () sbcglobal net

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rachael treu-gomes       rara () navigo com
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