[e2e] end-to-end -ness defeats content controls

[John Wroclawski]

At 11:14 AM +1000 10/1/01, George Michaelson wrote:
>I just wrote a very wanky paper which is certain to be rejected but the
>central proposition was that end-to-end -ness and some related concepts
>like encapsulation of protocols make attempts at content control completely
>specious.
>

Folks interested in this subject might want to take a look at

"Rethinking the design of the Internet: The end to end arguments vs. 
the brave new world", Marjory S. Blumenthal and David D. Clark. 
Available among other places at 
http://ana.lcs.mit.edu/anaweb/PDF/Rethinking_2001.pdf

cheers,
-john