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diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md index 5620632..6a9d306 100644 --- a/content/_index.md +++ b/content/_index.md @@ -7,19 +7,17 @@ draft: false Ouroboros is a __peer-to-peer transport network__ built on a new __recursive network paradigm__ according to a __UNIX design philosphy__. The aim is to provide a __secure__ and __private__ -networking experience and __simplify writing distributed software__ -and networking libraries. It provides a __very simple API__ for both -__unicast__ and __multicast__ communication. - -Ouroboros has similar objectives as the [Invisible Internet -Project](https://geti2p.net/en/). Protocols have minimal design (a -router doesn't need a source address), and other information can be -__encrypted__. +networking experience and to __simplify writing distributed software__ +and networked application libraries. Ouroboros provides a __very +compact API__ for both __unicast__ and __multicast__ +communication. All protocols carry minimal information in their +headers (to minimize potential attack vectors), with easy-to-enable +__encryption__. Ouroboros was originally started at [imec](https://www.imec-int.com) under its Future Internet research, and is [free -software](https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software). -We introduced the project at [FOSDEM 2018] +software](https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software). We +introduced the project at [FOSDEM 2018] (https://www.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/ipc/). This new website is still __under construction__. |