NetworkProtocols

A few ways to quickly understand and categorize existing and proposed network protocols:

• Guaranteed-delivery (connection) vs. Best-effort (datagram)
• Deniable
• ...

The same for entire networking systems/stacks:

• Full stack or dependent on the "regular" internet infrastructure?
• What (if any) components are under centralized control?
• Can the network reliably recover from "cold boot" or catastrophic disruption?
• ...