F2F UDP mesh net prototype proof of concept

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 08:40:09PM -0300, Punk - Stasi 2.0 wrote:
> 	3) ... Packet size? 

Check out MTU:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_transmission_unit

Most ISPs deliver an IP network.

There's a bit of a movement to push ethernet out to the home:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_in_the_first_mile

MTU is a known/solved problem - basically for streams to be
efficient, you must use packet sizes which correspond to the minimum
packet size in your circuit, otherwise you introduce things like
buffering, packet dis/reassembly and therefore latency and/or link
inefficiencies.

Garlic routing
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic_routing

is intended as an improvement over onion routing where smaller
messages get combined, to improve anonymity - but the principle can
improve link efficiency too of course, so that's a win win.

In any case, with UDP base layer, or rather, packet switching, folks
can experiment with variations of these concepts much more easily
than with a TCP base layer.