From 9562a9f526625be48a103bb6913a16f480c9661c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dimitri Staessens Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 16:46:17 +0100 Subject: content: Move part of index page to philosophy page --- content/_index.md | 16 ---------------- 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'content/_index.md') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3