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Building a Crash-Proof Internet

newscientist.com — Routers are the internet's traffic controllers. There are millions in service, linking up the thousands of networks that make up the internet. They can direct huge flows of traffic for internet service providers, or just provide connectivity between a handful of computers.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 29, 2009

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  • inactive, on 06/29/2009, -0/+33If south park has taught us anything its that switching it off then on again fixes it.
  • krisrm, on 06/29/2009, -0/+7Only a paragraph in, and this article has already mentioned the following: freight trains, large quantities of hydrochloric acid, fibre-optic cables, chemical fires, and Verizon. Dugg.
  • santixx, on 06/29/2009, -0/+4Just get people away from typing "google" into Google. That'll do the job.
  • ultrafez, on 06/29/2009, -0/+4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oCHxB8d20s
  • LeepII, on 06/29/2009, -1/+5Step one, remove the NSA's spyware from all backbone hubs.
  • btraxx, on 06/29/2009, -1/+4Clog proof tubes?
  • BaphClass, on 06/29/2009, -0/+2"By the time the loadin' bar was halfway, they was dead! Starved on'de internet!"
  • Skootles, on 06/29/2009, -1/+3"We are trying to enable a network that continually evolves and improves," says McKeown.

    And so Skynet was born.
  • antdude, on 06/30/2009, -0/+1And Linksys brand.
  • inactive, on 06/29/2009, -0/+0And it brings an end to us all
  • trejrco, on 06/29/2009, -2/+2As long as IPv6 is part of your long- (probably closer to mid- now, and maybe even short-) -term planning!
    Same for DNSsec, and (perhaps most significantly) BGP scaling solutions.
  • sicilian890, on 06/29/2009, -1/+1FYI: The internet has never crashed since it was invented. Therefore it seems like we already have a crash-proof internet.
  • inactive, on 06/29/2009, -1/+1lol. best episode ever imho.
  • DLit, on 06/29/2009, -2/+1how can it crash? the internet isnt tangible, easy done!
  • serif69, on 06/29/2009, -4/+3The tubes just need more airbags. If we've learned nothing else from the auto industry, it's that more airbags means safer and less crash-prone things.
  • HelAom, on 06/29/2009, -5/+1"enable the internet to adapt to changing loads, dynamically altering pathways to cope with spikes in traffic and giving every surfer a smoother ride, regardless of earthquakes, terrorists, ships' anchors and so on. "We are trying to enable a network that continually evolves and improves," says McKeown."

    Then we rename it Skynet
  • BobDle, on 06/29/2009, -8/+4learn how to run a ***** network. that is all.
  • NotSarcasm, on 06/29/2009, -5/+0LoL, another argument for a more eaves-drop friendly internet. OMG TEH INTERNET CRAHSES ALL THE TIEM ON MY PC

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