Researchers Scheming to Rebuild Internet From Scratch

BobB writes "Stanford University researchers have launched an initiative called the Clean Slate Design for the Internet. The project aims to make the network more secure, have higher throughput, and support better applications, all by essentially rebuilding the Internet from scratch. From the article: 'Among McKeown's cohorts on the effort is electrical engineering Professor Bernd Girod, a pioneer of Internet multimedia delivery. Vendors such as Cisco, Deutsche Telekom and NEC are also involved. The researchers already have projects underway to support their effort: Flow-level models for the future Internet; clean slate approach to wireless spectrum usage; fast dynamic optical light paths for the Internet core; and a clean slate approach to enterprise network security (Ethane).'"

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Pushing the envelope with scratch

[lawpoop]

For a great history of scratch, check out the documentary Scratch.

I'm been a fan of scratch technology ever since DJ Qbert made the album Wavetwisters completely from scratch, and later made the animated film Wavetwisters from scratch. Now they're making the internet from scratch technology. Which makes sense -- in my mind, scratching is basically analog computation.

Re:Hmm..

[syphax]

I daresay that if we collectively hadn't had so much fun mocking Al Gore up to November 2000, we just might be in a better place today.

I'm not a big Al Gore fan, but JFC we are a lot closer to 1984 under the current administration than I ever would have imagined. It would be hard to do much worse.

Re:Hmm..

[fredrated]

If you don't think George Bush is a bigger joke (read catastrophe) than Al Gore then God help us, no one else can at this point.