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diff --git a/content/philosophy.md b/content/philosophy.md index 71d5b0d..1599a5c 100644 --- a/content/philosophy.md +++ b/content/philosophy.md @@ -35,4 +35,18 @@ computing's central challenge than we were [almost 20 years ago] <center></center> +The current TCP/IP network stack has a long development history, +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 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*." |