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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?"
Not really. I think what they're actually proposing is a separate "management layer" overlaid on the internet, either on separate fibres or VLANs or .... which would operate rather higher standards for connection (see the rules for connecting University MANs to JANET for an example) than the internet and provide secure and reliable exchange of management information (traffic patterns, for instance) to allow things like prompt detection of worms.
Makes sense as a way to go from where we are, even if it wouldn't necessarily be what you'd design from here.
Internet 2 is quite different -- it's a high-capacity backbone combined with a testbed for some new protocols.