Nothing wrong with doing a little research, I welcome any efforts of
   making internet supporting technologies look like the antiquated
   lead-lined aqueducts of Rome.
   Is this any different from Internet2?
   [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet2
   "secure identity and access management tools"
   Internet2 is a not-for-profit United States computer networking
   consortium led by members from the research and education communities,
   industry, and government.[2] The Internet2 consortium administrative
   headquarters are located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with offices in
   Washington, D.C. and Emeryville, California.[1]
   As of November 2013, Internet2 has over 500 members including 251
   institutions of higher education,[3] 9 partners and 76 members from
   industry,[4] over 100 research and education networks or connector
   organizations,[5][6] and 67 affiliate members.[7]
   Internet2 operates the Internet2 Network,[8] an Internet Protocol
   network using optical fiber that delivers network services for research
   and education, and provides a secure network testing and research
   environment. In late 2007, Internet2 began operating its newest dynamic
   circuit network, the Internet2 DCN, an advanced technology that allows
   user-based allocation of data circuits over the fiber-optic network.
   The Internet2 Network, through its regional network and connector
   members, connects over 60,000 U.S. educational, research, government
   and "community anchor" institutions, from primary and secondary schools
   to community colleges and universities, public libraries and museums to
   health care organizations.[9]
   The Internet2 community develops and deploys network technologies for
   the future of the Internet. These technologies include large-scale
   network performance measurement and management tools,[10] secure
   identity and access management tools[11] and capabilities such as
   scheduling high-bandwidth, high-performance circuits.[12]
   Internet2 members serve on several advisory councils,[13] collaborate
   in a variety of working groups and special interest groups,[14] gather
   at spring and fall member meetings,[15] and are encouraged to
   participate in the strategic planning process.[16]
   -Travis

   On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 7:42 AM, Anton Nesterov
   <[2]komachi@openmailbox.org> wrote:

     The data-leaking blog Anonymous International, also known as
     Shaltai-Boltai (Humpty Dumpty), has published the Russian
     government’s
     project proposal for creating a "national information platform,"
     which
     would serve as an alternative Russian Internet.
     According to Anonymous International, the project was drawn up by
     Russia’s Foreign Trade Bank cluster analysis and spatial development
     director Sergey Ganzya, the IT director of the hydroelectricity
     company
     RusHydro, Garald Bandurin, and several other people. The leaked
     content
     includes email correspondence and a document about the project.
     In the leaked emails, the authors of the project discuss the
     creation of
     “an entirely custom IT platform that can expand globally.” The
     development of such a platform can serve as “import substitution in
     the
     IT sphere” and “create a secure national digital environment with
     lower
     risks than in the global www-field.”
     The document published by Anonymous International mentions Russia’s
     direct dependence on “the goodwill and decency of global providers
     of IT
     solutions.” The authors of the document believe that “there are no
     objective guarantees that, in the event of a conflict, Western
     security
     agencies won’t paralyze—or, worse, seize—direct control over
     elements of
     the infrastructure.”
     The leaked emails between the project’s authors refer to the
     “general
     officers” of Russia’s “Oplot Rossii” party, which was tasked with
     delivering the project proposal to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
     The
     correspondence dates to June 2015.
     [3]https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/09/23/activists-leak-russian-gover
     nment-s-plans-to-create-a-national-internet
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     GPG key: 0CE8 65F1 9043 2B11 25A5 74A7 1187 6869 67AA 56E4
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References

   1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet2
   2. mailto:komachi@openmailbox.org
   3. https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/09/23/activists-leak-russian-government-s-plans-to-create-a-national-internet
   4. https://nesterov.pw/
   5. https://keybase.io/komachi/key.asc
   6. https://twitter.com/tbiehn
   7. http://www.linkedin.com/in/travisbiehn
   8. http://github.com/tbiehn
   9. http://www.travisbiehn.com/
  10. https://plus.google.com/+TravisBiehn