Since Internet is starting to flow into the "Flying ships" industry I started to wonder what are the limits? In the air the network connections are very low quality despite to the fact that they can transfer lots of data. So the OS will probably handle all the lower network issues and will leave to the proxy software all the fun stuff. The basic services on a Flying WiFi network would be: - FW + NAT - DNS proxy + local - DHCP - Authorization and Authentication services(Radius, token based\OTP), I don't expect any form of AD or LDAP based. - Internet Service Payments portal (maybe can be used as an alternative or extension to pre-paid tickets) - VOD - Digital Book Shelf - VOIP services - And probably couple other services which many require Then I asked myself: What squid can offer for this system? Where squid can be plugged inside this list of services? >From where is see it, the proxy can take over the application stack from the client to the server. Since the OS will be designed to handle the network level issue(both fabric and protocol) it will simplify for the clients the need to overcome network level issues. The clients will need to just be clients using WiFi(leaving aside the 700KMPH radio\physics layer). The flight will be much nicer from the technology perspective of it. I do however think that one of the main issues with so many technological "comforts" would be the human to human in-flight relationship. Two examples to special scenarios I know from the Anime world are: - Accel World - Ghost In The Shell Which gives an image of a world which humans are bypassing the real world for the favor of a Virtual world. What do you think? Eliezer Links: - http://myanimelist.net/anime/11759/Accel_World - http://myanimelist.net/anime/43/Ghost_in_the_Shell ---- Eliezer Croitoru <http://ngtech.co.il/lmgtfy/> Linux System Administrator Mobile: +972-5-28704261 Email: eliezer@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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