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diff --git a/content/en/_index.html b/content/en/_index.html index 2cbf29d..8902a9c 100644 --- a/content/en/_index.html +++ b/content/en/_index.html @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ linkTitle = "Ouroboros" Download <i class="fab fa-git ml-2 "></i> </a> <p class="lead mt-5"> - Decentralized packet networking rebuilt from the ground up + Packet networking rebuilt from the ground up </p> <div class="mx-auto mt-5"> {{< blocks/link-down color="info">}} @@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ linkTitle = "Ouroboros" {{< /blocks/cover >}} {{% blocks/lead color="secondary" %}} Ouroboros is a <b>peer-to-peer -transport network prototype</b> inspired by a <b>recursive network -paradigm</b> and implemented according to a <b>UNIX design -philosophy</b>. The aim is to provide a <b>secure and private -networking</b> experience and to provide a simple API for writing -distributed software and networked application libraries. Ouroboros -provides a very <b>compact API</b> support -both <b>unicast</b> <b>multicast</b> communications. All protocols -carry <b>minimal header information</b>, with easy-to-enable -<b>encryption</b>. +packet network prototype</b>. It unifies all packet communications +--whether it is two programs the same machine or two programs in +computers on different continents -- using a single abstraction, which +we call a <b>flow</b>. The Ouroboros architecture improves security, +privacy and efficiency through <b>simplicity</b>. It provides a very +<b>compact API</b> for writing distributed software and networked +application libraries, with support for +both <b>unicast</b> <b>multicast</b> communications. Being rebuilt +from the ground up, Ouroboros is not directly compatible with IP or +UNIX sockets, but it is +<b>interoperable with UDP/IP and Ethernet</b>. {{% /blocks/lead %}} |