On 9/9/04 4:21 PM, "Petri Helenius" <pete@he.iki.fi> wrote:
Paul Vixie wrote:
update SAN FRANCISCO--The Internet needs to be upgraded with a new layer of abilities that will deal with imminent problems of capacity, security and reliability, Intel Chief Technology Officer Pat Gelsinger said Thursday.
There is confusion in the air about the roles of "hosts" and "network" here?
Pete
It has become trendy, in some circles, to lament the Internet's poor performance/congestion/non-deterministic nature/lack of security/<insert issue here>. After firmly denouncing the Internet, the company or individual then touts their product, which will fix/replace/augment the Internet. Truth usually doesn't factor into the denunciation, which is where you get things like the recent conference on "Preventing the Internet Meltdown" - (http://www.pfir.org/meltdown), which suggested that some sort of electronic catastrophe is, dare we hope, imminent. In the mean time, I've decided to enjoy the Internet in the precious little time it has left. (yes, that was sarcasm) -- Daniel Golding Network and Telecommunications Strategies Burton Group