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The end-to-end principle is a design framework for distributed systems. | The end-to-end principle is a design framework for distributed systems. It counsels that the network should be kept as simple as possible and the intelligence required in a network be kept at the ends of the network - the entry points to it, in other words, as far as possible<ref>Lawrence Lessig, ''Code 2.0'',126.</ref>. On a computer network, that would mean "application-specific" complexity would be in the communicating end nodes of the network, rather than in intermediary gateways and routers, that comprise establish the network. | ||
In the case of the internet, the basic layer of the network is a TCP/IP protocol that sends packets of very basic data across the network. | |||
Consequences of this design philosophy: | |||
*You can innovate on the network without bothering the network "owner". This avoids "strategic" behaviour by the network owner (such as interfering to stifle the innovation). |