Rethinking the Design of the Internet: End to End Arguements vs. the Brave New World
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Author(s)
Clark, David D
Blumenthal, Marjory
Date Issued
September 2000
Abstract
This paper looks at the Internet and the changing set of requirements for the Internet that are 8oriented towards the consumer, and used for a
wider set of purposes. We discuss a set of principles that have guided the design of the Internet,
called the end to end arguments, and we conclude that there is a risk that the range of new
requirements now emerging could have the consequence of compromising the Internet?s original
design principles. Were this to happen, the Internet might lose some of its key features, in
particular its ability to support new and unanticipated applications. We link this possible
outcome to a number of trends: the rise of new stakeholders in the Internet, in particular Internet
Service Providers; new government interests; the changing motivations of the growing user base;
and the tension between the demand for trustworthy overall operation and the inability to trust
the behavior of individual users.
Subjects
internet, end to end
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