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You Won't Recognize the Internet in 2020

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-don't-recognize-it-now dept.

alphadogg writes "As they imagine the Internet of 2020, computer scientists across the country are starting from scratch and re-thinking everything: from IP addresses to DNS to routing tables to Internet security in general. They're envisioning how the Internet might work without some of the most fundamental features of today's ISP and enterprise networks. Their goal is audacious: To create an Internet without so many security breaches, with better trust and built-in identity management. Researchers are trying to build an Internet that's more reliable, higher performing and better able to manage exabytes of content. And they're hoping to build an Internet that extends connectivity to the most remote regions of the world, perhaps to other planets. This high-risk, long-range Internet research will kick into high gear in 2010, as the US federal government ramps up funding to allow a handful of projects to move out of the lab and into prototype. Indeed, the United States is building the world's largest virtual network lab across 14 college campuses and two nationwide backbone networks so that it can engage thousands – perhaps millions – of end users in its experiments."

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  1. Re:Get real by jimbolauski · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I don't care what they do as long as I can get to porn.

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    Knowledge = Power
    P= W/t
    t=Money
    Money = Work/Knowledge so the less you know the more you make
  2. Re:Get real by molecular · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't care what they do as long as I can get to porn.

    Do you still not care when officials (govt, health ensureance, potential employer,..) have "secured" data about how much and what type of porn you "got to" in the past?

  3. Re:Not only that... by JustOK · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    how much will they cost?

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    rewriting history since 2109
  4. Re:Learn a lesson from "the Jetsons" ... by Grishnakh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would have said the same thing about seeing an African-American President, too ...

    Last time I checked, we've never had an African-American president. Currently, we have a half-white, 43.75% Arabic president (with 6.25% African black, which isn't enough to be considered "African-American"). Just because the guy has dark skin doesn't mean he's "black".

    It's too bad we don't have a real African-American as President; I'm sure he or she would be doing a much better job.