Re:Ask HN: Why isn't a content addressable cache built into ...
by wmf on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @06:13PM
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I think CCNx is going in this direction. There's also IETF DECADE and the older Internet Backplane Protocol.
IIRC the DMCA has an explicit exemption for caches.
To get ISP caches deployed, you have to convince ISPs that they'll save money. CDNs actually work against you here because they are either free or in some cases paying ISPs, and if an ISP allows CDNs to get close to its POPs then CDNs are just as efficient as ISP-operated caches.
IIRC the DMCA has an explicit exemption for caches.
To get ISP caches deployed, you have to convince ISPs that they'll save money. CDNs actually work against you here because they are either free or in some cases paying ISPs, and if an ISP allows CDNs to get close to its POPs then CDNs are just as efficient as ISP-operated caches.