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David Clark: Rebuild the Internet

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the faster-stronger-better dept.

boarder8925 writes "David Clark, who led the development of the internet in the 1970s, is working with the National Science Foundation on a plan for a whole new infrastructure to replace today's global network. The NSF aims to put out a request for proposals in the fall for plans and designs that could lead to what Clark called a 'clean slate' internet architecture. Those designs, Clark said, could be tested on the National LambdaRail, the nationwide optical network that researchers are using to experiment with new networking technologies and applications."

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  1. Wont happend by Bruj0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "A whole new infraestructure" you say?.
    We cant even start using the new ipv6 protocol. I dont think we are there yet. Try in 10 or so years.

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    1. Re:Wont happend by drmerope · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Might be because we realized that the IPV6 protocol was unnecessary.

      Once people were forced to NAT, it suddently dawned on the great mass of people that workstations shouldn't be getting public IPs for security and management reasons.

      Nor for that matter should these up and coming embedded devices be placed on the public internet either. It just isn't appropriate.

      Remember: The Internet was supposed to be a network of networks NOT _THE NETWORK_.

      Most of the remaining IP allocation problems result from certain lingering gross misallocations such as the Class A block assigned to MIT.

    2. Re:Wont happend by J.+Random+Luser · · Score: 5, Interesting

      ... certain lingering gross misallocations ...


      6.0.0.0/8 DoD Network Information Center
      7.0.0.0/8 Defense Information Systems Agency
      8.0.0.0/8 Level 3 Communications, Inc
      9.0.0.0/8 IBM Corporation
      11.0.0.0/8 DoD Intel Information Systems
      12.0.0.0/8 AT&T WorldNet Services
      13.0.0.0/8 Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
      15, 16.0.0.0/8 Hewlett-Packard Company
      17.0.0.0/8 Apple Computer, Inc.
      18.0.0.0/8 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
      19.0.0.0/8 Ford Motor Company
      20.0.0.0/8 Computer Sciences Corporation
      21, 22.0.0.0/8 DoD Network Information Center
      25.0.0.0/8 Royal Signals and Radar Establishment
      26, 28, 29, 30.0.0.0/8 DoD Network Information Center
      32.0.0.0/8 AT&T Global Network Services
      33.0.0.0/8 DoD Network Information Center
      34.0.0.0/8 Halliburton Company
      35.0.0.0/8 Merit Network Inc.
      38.0.0.0/8 Performance Systems International Inc.
      40.0.0.0/8 Eli Lilly and Company
      41.0.0.0/8 African Network Information Center
      44.0.0.0/8 Amateur Radio Digital Communications
      45.0.0.0/8 Interop Show Network
      47.0.0.0/8 Bell-Northern Research
      48.0.0.0/8 Prudential Securities Inc.
      51.0.0.0/8 Department of Social Security of UK
      52.0.0.0/8 E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc.
      53.0.0.0/8 cap debis ccs (c/o Mercedes Benz AG
      54.0.0.0/8 Merck and Co., Inc.
      55.0.0.0/8 DoD Network Information Center
      56.0.0.0/8 U.S. Postal Service
      57.0.0.0/8 SITA-Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques
      1,2,3,4,5,14, 23, 27, 31, 36, 37, 39, 42, 46, 49, 50 are reserved to IANA

      It would be tempting to say: Nothing to see here people... please move along..., but amongst all the squatters is one new allocation, a single class A net allocated this year for the entire African continent. It works too, I've already had two 419s from it ;-)