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diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md index acc8ec5..245c806 100644 --- a/content/_index.md +++ b/content/_index.md @@ -3,36 +3,39 @@ title: "A decentralized packet network" --- The current TCP/IP network stack has a long development history, -leading inefficiencies that allow hackers to infiltrate networks with -childish ease. In order to get to a trustworthy and secure +leading to inefficiencies that allow hackers to infiltrate networks +with childish ease. In order to get to a trustworthy and secure communications infrastructure, the structure of the Internet needs to be drastically revised. The current protocols have so much deprecated, unused and unnecessary bits and fields, that trying to guard against every possible exploit is inefficient and virtually impossible. Ouroboros is a new decentralized packet transport network for POSIX -operating systems that aims to accept the -[challenge](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/05/edward-snowdens-other-motive-for-leaking/370068/) -to researchers set out by Edward Snowden: a network that will -"*enforce a principle whereby the only way the powerful may enjoy -privacy is when it is the same kind shared by the ordinary: one -enforced by the laws of nature, rather than the policies of man*." +operating systems that aims to accepts Edward Snowdens +[challenge](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/05/edward-snowdens-other-motive-for-leaking/370068/): +to build a network infrastructure that will "*enforce a principle +whereby the only way the powerful may enjoy privacy is when it is the +same kind shared by the ordinary: one enforced by the laws of nature, +rather than the policies of man*." Ouroboros is a peer-to-peer recursive architecture that follows a UNIX design philosphy, with minimal packet headers. The aim is to provide a secure and private network experience. Ouroboros provides its own name -resolution, reliability mechanisms, routing algorithms, and -congenstion control. It can be overlayed on top of UDP and Ethernet, -and IP applications can be tunneled over Ouroboros. +resolution, reliability mechanisms, routing algorithms, and congestion +control. It can be overlayed on top of UDP and Ethernet, and IP +applications can be tunneled over Ouroboros. -Ouroboros is written in C for and its application library provides a -simple, unified API for synchronous and asynchronous Inter-Process -Communication (IPC) and networking. +Ouroboros is [free +software](https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software), written in +C for and its application library provides a simple, unified API for +synchronous and asynchronous Inter-Process Communication (IPC) and +networking. The best place to start exploring Ouroboros is this introduction presented at [FOSDEM 2018](https://www.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/ipc/). -This website is currently under construction and undergoing frequent -updates. The documentation is still sparse, please don't hesitate to -[contact us](/contribute) with any questions you might have. +This new website is currently under construction and undergoing +frequent updates. The documentation is still sparse, please don't +hesitate to [contact us](/contribute) with any questions you might +have. |