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11 947d3460 2023-08-23 jrmu text=The best alternative internet involves an overlay network on top%0aof IP, by encapsulating IPv4 inside IP (basically IPSec).%0a%0aOnly slight modifications need to be made to IPv4.%0a%0aThe fundamental problem is that the Internet address space is controlled by by a single government agency (ICANN).%0a%0aTo prevent one single central authority from controlling the entire Internet, each autonomous system should have the ability to splinter and form its own separate internet. In place of one single Internet, there would exist multiple parallel internets.%0aEach autonomous system becomes truly autonomous, able to%0aleave or join an existing internet.%0a%0aThe advantage of encapsulating IP is that this overlay network benefits from%0athe packet-switching design of IP which overlay networks like Tor lack. For%0aexample, IP routing is highly optimized for latency/bandwidth, unlike the%0aconvoluted routing methods taken by tor. The low latency makes it suitable%0afor multimedia applications and heavy traffic.%0a%0aBy design, IP packet switching is more suitable for evading censorship of%0aVPNs, because encapsulated packets can easily route around censored nodes.%0a%0aEncapsulated IPv4 is familiar, predictable, and well documented. Existing software can be reused with virtually no modifications. The extra complexity of IPv6 is likely unnecessary given that the focus is on the free user community, which does not begin to approach 2^32 hosts.%0a%0aThis overlay network will allow users to host from home, since they can be assigned static IP addresses with proper reverse DNS networking. Their location and identity is also obscured by one extra layer of indirection.%0a%0aIn a world of parallel splinternets, the way to communicate with foreign networks is with NAT. Even IPv6 would need NAT%0a%0aIf the world's major powers should go to war, national firewalls would be developed which will cause the Internet to splinter. Without ICANN coordinating IP address space, nations would likely end up with address collisions. Under such a scenario, even IPv6 would need NAT in order to communicate between splinternets.%0a%0aFor example, if two nations claim the ownership of the IP address 2602:fccf:1::, the assumption that each IP address is globally unique will no longer hold true. There would be no way to relay messages between them without resorting to a gateway to translate the addresses, in other words, Network Address Translation.%0a%0a
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14 947d3460 2023-08-23 jrmu diff:1692749534:1692489355:=24,30d23%0a%3c %0a%3c In a world of parallel splinternets, the way to communicate with foreign networks is with NAT. Even IPv6 would need NAT%0a%3c %0a%3c If the world's major powers should go to war, national firewalls would be developed which will cause the Internet to splinter. Without ICANN coordinating IP address space, nations would likely end up with address collisions. Under such a scenario, even IPv6 would need NAT in order to communicate between splinternets.%0a%3c %0a%3c For example, if two nations claim the ownership of the IP address 2602:fccf:1::, the assumption that each IP address is globally unique will no longer hold true. There would be no way to relay messages between them without resorting to a gateway to translate the addresses, in other words, Network Address Translation.%0a%3c %0a
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16 fa19bf82 2023-08-21 jrmu author:1692489355=jrmu
17 fa19bf82 2023-08-21 jrmu diff:1692489355:1692488983:=20,23d19%0a%3c %0a%3c Encapsulated IPv4 is familiar, predictable, and well documented. Existing software can be reused with virtually no modifications. The extra complexity of IPv6 is likely unnecessary given that the focus is on the free user community, which does not begin to approach 2^32 hosts.%0a%3c %0a%3c This overlay network will allow users to host from home, since they can be assigned static IP addresses with proper reverse DNS networking. Their location and identity is also obscured by one extra layer of indirection.%0a
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19 fa19bf82 2023-08-21 jrmu author:1692488983=jrmu
20 fa19bf82 2023-08-21 jrmu diff:1692488983:1692488983:=1,19d0%0a%3c The best alternative internet involves an overlay network on top%0a%3c of IP, by encapsulating IPv4 inside IP (basically IPSec).%0a%3c %0a%3c Only slight modifications need to be made to IPv4.%0a%3c %0a%3c The fundamental problem is that the Internet address space is controlled by by a single government agency (ICANN).%0a%3c %0a%3c To prevent one single central authority from controlling the entire Internet, each autonomous system should have the ability to splinter and form its own separate internet. In place of one single Internet, there would exist multiple parallel internets.%0a%3c Each autonomous system becomes truly autonomous, able to%0a%3c leave or join an existing internet.%0a%3c %0a%3c The advantage of encapsulating IP is that this overlay network benefits from%0a%3c the packet-switching design of IP which overlay networks like Tor lack. For%0a%3c example, IP routing is highly optimized for latency/bandwidth, unlike the%0a%3c convoluted routing methods taken by tor. The low latency makes it suitable%0a%3c for multimedia applications and heavy traffic.%0a%3c %0a%3c By design, IP packet switching is more suitable for evading censorship of%0a%3c VPNs, because encapsulated packets can easily route around censored nodes.%0a
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