Centralization and Internet Standards
Despite being designed and operated as a decentralized network-of-networks, the Internet is continuously subjected to forces that encourage centralization. This document offers a definition of centralization, explains why it is undesirable, identifies different types of centralization, catalogues limitations of common approaches to controlling it, and explores what Internet standards efforts can do to address it.
Centralization and Internet Standards Internet-Draft Centralization and Internet Standards May 2022 Nottingham Expires 24 November 2022 [Page] Workgroup: Network Working Group Internet-Draft: draft-nottingham-avoiding-internet-centralization-03 Published: 23 May 2022 Intended Status: Informational Expires: 24 November 2022 Author: M. Nottingham Centralization and Internet Standards Abstract Despite being designed and operated as a decentralized network-of-networks, the Internet is continuously subjected to forces that encourage centralization. ¶ This document offers a definition of centralizat
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