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Title:
The future of the Internet and how to stop it
Author:
Zittrain, Jonathan (Jonathan L.), 1969-
ISBN:
9780300124873

9780300144772

9780300151244
Publication Information:
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2008.
Physical Description:
vi, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
pt. 1. The rise and stall of the generative Net -- Battle of the boxes -- Battle of the networks -- Cybersecurity and the generative dilemma -- pt. 2. After the stall -- The generative pattern -- Tethered appliances, software as service, and perfect enforcement -- The lessons of Wikipedia -- pt. 3. Solutions -- Stopping the future of the Internet : stability on a generative Net -- Strategies for a generative future -- Meeting the risks of generativity : Privacy 2.0.
Abstract:
The author pieces together the engine that has catapulted the Internet ecosystem into the prominence it has today, offers an accessible discussion of the problems of an "appliancized" future, and provides a set of solutions to help stop it.
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