Intel says Internet needs to change

Nurgled writes "At a recent Intel conference, CTO Pat Gelsinger said that something needs to be done to avoid the Internet buckling under the strain of new technologies and millions of new users. The BBC reports that Intel is attempting to layer a 'new Internet' over the existing network which can detect and counteract things like worm outbreaks and route traffic more intelligently during low and high traffic periods. Intel's prototype, PlanetLab, has 441 nodes but claims to be an open platform with documentation available on the site. What's in it for Intel, though?"

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Re:IPv6?

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We use it for security more than getting a few more ip addresses.

No you don't. That would be impossible, since nothing in the NAT standards specicfy that NAT should drop any kind of packets. Can you even name a NAT implementation which blocks packets? Hints: Cisco's doesn't. Linux's doesn't. Most appliance broadband routers are incapable of being configured to do NAT without doing packet filtering.

We use NAT as a 1 to 1 mapping, allowing the internal hosts to be shielded,

They aren't sheilded from anything by NAT. NAT is incapable of shielding anything. A firewall is pretty good at shielding your internal hosts, but a firewall does not need NAT at all to perform that function.

and our internal topology to be hidden.

Security through obscurity?