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diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md index 245c806..58805e8 100644 --- a/content/_index.md +++ b/content/_index.md @@ -2,22 +2,6 @@ title: "A decentralized packet network" --- -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*." - Ouroboros is a peer-to-peer recursive architecture that follows a UNIX design philosphy, with minimal packet headers. The aim is to provide a secure and private network experience. Ouroboros provides its own name 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*." |