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-title: "Welcome to Ouroboros"
-linkTitle: "Introduction"
-author: "Dimitri Staessens"
-date: 2019-12-30
-weight: 5
-description: >
- Introduction.
----
-
-```
-Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and
-education to appreciate it.
-And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.
- -- Edsger Dijkstra
-```
-
-This is the portal for the ouroboros networking prototype. Ouroboros
-aims to make packet networks simpler, and as a result, more reliable,
-secure and private. How? By introducing strong, well-defined
-abstractions and hiding internal complexity. A bit like modern
-programming languages abstract away details such as pointers.
-
-The main driver behind the ouroboros prototype is a good ol' personal
-itch. I've started my academic research career on optical networking,
-and moved up the stack towards software defined networks, learning the
-fine details of Ethernet, IP, TCP and what not. But when I came into
-contact with John Day and his Recursive InterNetwork Architecture
-(RINA), it really struck home how unnecessarily complicated today's
-networks are. The core abstractions that RINA moved towards simplify
-things a lot. I was fortunate to have a PhD student that understood
-the implications of these abstractions, and together we just went on
-and digged deeper into the question of how we could make everything as
-simple as possible. When something didn't fall into place or felt
-awkward, we trace back to why it didn't fit, instead of plough forward
-and make it fit. Ouroboros is the current state of affairs in this
-quest.
-
-We often get the question "How is this better than IP"? To which the
-only sensible answer that we can give right now is that ouroboros is
-way more elegant. It has far fewer abstractions and every concept is
-well-defined. It's funny (or maybe not) how many times when we start
-explaining Ouroboros to someone, people immediately interrupt and
-start explaining how they can do this or that with IP. We know,
-they're right, but it's also completely besides our point.
-
-But, if you're open to the idea that the TCP/IP network stack is a
-huge gummed-up mess that's in need for some serious redesign, do read
-on. If you are interested in computer networks in general, if you are
-eager to learn something new and exciting without the need to deploy
-it tomorrow, and if you are willing to put in the time and effort to
-understand how all of this works, by all means: ask away!
-
-We're very open to constructive suggestions on how to further improve
-the prototype and the documentation, in particular this website. We
-know it's hard to understand in places. No matter how simple we made
-the architecture, it's still a lot to explain, and writing efficient
-documentation is a tough trade. So don't hesitate to contact us with
-any questions you may have.
-
-Above all, stay curious!
-
-```
-... for the challenge of simplification is so fascinating that, if
-we do our job properly, we shall have the greatest fun in the world.
- -- Edsger Dijkstra
-``` \ No newline at end of file