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Interplanetary Internet Tested In Space

Posted September 12, 2008 9:28 AM

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After Vint Cerf planned the Interplanetary Internet, there's a press release saying that the Interplanetary Internet is now being tested in space, using the Bundle Protocol developed by the Delay-Tolerant Networking Research Group. There's a conference paper with details on the testing too. These guys were previously the first to test IPv6 in space. Now they've found something with even fewer users than IPv6 to play with!

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09/13/2008 4:32 AM

Microsoft has made us all Delay-Tolerant already

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Yeah, Buddy! GA Del.

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Yippee! Now we can chat with Martians.

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09/22/2008 1:12 AM

You've just got to read: http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=961677&cid=24974887

The current steam-rolling advance of horridis perhaps the future of the Internet, Interplanetary or otherwise.

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Well, I haven't much use for the sulfur, but Spam fried is a tasty treat...

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