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David Clark: Rebuild the Internet
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."
Just wait for IE 7. You won't need to change the internet!
Instead of rebuilding it from scratch, can't we just correct what's not working. Please!
And while you are at it, get linux on everybody's desktop!
1.Ban all operating systems that aren't up to snuff on security . Buffer overflows and not secure.
2. Ban scanning. If caught , a fine and no access for a year. Then probation.
3. Mandatory firewalls or no access.
4. Have a control center you can send your firewall logs to so they can coordinate against the idiots.
5. Try and slow down port scanning from outside the U.S by creating another firewall for anything outside the U.S. It's only a matter of time before another China internet attack. Remember the DOS attacks by them.
Clark to himself: "Hmmm I invented this internet but I forget to patent it... why don't I make a new internet (Internet II), and everyone will have to pay me for it."