Greedy Forwarding? Nodes? Leave the Internet alone please! Plan to organize the Internet turns out to be a pipe dream @arstechnica
via arstechnica.com
This is fascinating. But it goes against the exact nature of the Internet. While theoretically it makes sense, fastest route from point A to point Z is a straight line. The very idea of creating directional nodes goes against the design of the World Wide Web (think Berlin Wall), and could potentially "kill" huge zones of the Internet. If the so called 'Greedy Forwarding" design fails, it could impact everything from eCommerce to Emergency Response systems. Imagine if it impacted Google Maps, and a fire truck was routed to the wrong location. Anyhow, some things are better left alone until they break (i.e. nature).
