Nets-FIND: Collaborative Research: Postmodern Internetwork Architecture

由于各种原因，网络层创新已经被证明是非常困难的：现有协议忽略了相互竞争的经济利益;此外，少数协议占主导地位，使层违规导致技术进一步巩固。 今天的互联网络层的许多缺点是由于其与利益相关者（即用户和服务提供商）的策略相关。 这些失败的后果是众所周知的：引入各种黑客、分层违规和过载来执行策略，并试图在各种“争斗”中占上风。 其结果是，网络越来越脆弱，不利于创新，容易受到攻击，对责任和隐私的关注麻木不仁。 后现代互联网络架构项目的目标是设计，实施，并通过日常使用，评估一个最低限度的互联网络层和附带的辅助功能，预计争斗，并允许他们在政策空间发挥出来，与包装中的不同-该项目的首要目标是在不牺牲网络设计的经济性的情况下，统一互联网提供的规模。

Network-layer innovation has proven surprisingly difficult, for various reasons: existing protocols ignore competing economic interests; also, a few protocols dominate, enabling layer violations that lead to further entrenchment of technologies. Many shortcomings of today's internetwork layer result from its inflexibility with respect to the policies of the stakeholders, namely users and service providers. The consequences of these failings are well-known: various hacks, layering violations, and overloadings are introduced to enforce policies and attempt to get the upper hand in various "tussles". The result is a network that is increasingly brittle, hostile to innovation, vulnerable to attack, and insensitive to concerns about accountability and privacy. The goal of the Postmodern Internetwork Architecture project is to design, implement, and, through daily use, evaluate a minimalist internetwork layer and accompanying auxiliary functionality that anticipates tussles and allows them to be played out in policy space, as opposed to in the packet-forwarding path. The overarching goal of the project is to make a larger portion of the network design space accessible without sacrificing the economy of scale offered by the unified Internet.