Chapter 12. Tunneling and VPNs

 

“Because of the Alderson drive we need never consider the space between the stars. Because we can shunt between stellar systems in zero time, our ships and ships’ drives need cover only interplanetary distances. We say that the Second Empire of Man rules two hundred worlds and all the space between, over fifteen million cubic parsecs…

“Consider the true picture. Think of myriads of tiny bubbles, very sparsely scattered, rising through a vast black sea. We rule some of the bubbles. Of the waters we know nothing...”

Dr. Anthony Horvath in The Mote in God’s Eye

 
 --LARRY NIVEN AND JERRY POURNELLE

The Internet offers the potential for IP connectivity between almost any pair of computers, except where they are blocked by ...

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