(2004-03-01) Frankston Internet Connectivity

Bob Frankston on Internet connectivity Framing. I've decided that my own intermediate fixes, removing the semantics from the DNS and increasing the size of the IP address with IPV6 aren't enough. Instead we must take control from the edges as the P2P community is already doing. Instead of building on top of the current Internet we can define connectivity from the edges. Very briefly, the key is to use self-generated end point identifiers (Digital Identity) that double as cryptographic keys and treat the Internet as routing service rather than a Layer. This returns control to the edge - including the definition of where the edge is. In the current Internet the edge is typically a computer and not an application. (OpenNet)