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diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md index 5ac1f6a..5620632 100644 --- a/content/_index.md +++ b/content/_index.md @@ -8,27 +8,18 @@ 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__, enabling -__unicast__ and __multicast__ services. +and networking libraries. It provides a __very simple API__ for both +__unicast__ and __multicast__ communication. -<!--- -Ouroboros can be __overlayed over UDP and Ethernet__. IP applications -can be tunneled over Ouroboros. Ouroboros provides its own name -resolution, reliability mechanisms, routing algorithms, and congestion -control. +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__. 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] +(https://www.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/ipc/). -The best places to start exploring Ouroboros is this introduction -presented at [FOSDEM -2018](https://www.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/ipc/), and the [PhD -dissertation](https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8615152) of Sander -Vrijders, especially chapters 5-6. ----> - -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. +This new website is still __under construction__. |