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| | ==Types of Fragmentation== | | ==Types of Fragmentation== |
| − | ===Technical Fragmentation===
| + | Internet addressing, interconnection, naming, and security are primary issue areas leading to technical fragmentation. Within these categories, 12 kinds of fragmentation are identified: |
| − | When the Internet concept was first articulated, a guiding vision was that
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| − | every device on the Internet should be able to exchange packets with any
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| − | other device. Universal connectivity was assumed to be a primary benefit. But
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| − | there are a variety of ways in which the original concept has been eroded
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| − | through a complex evolutionary process that has unfolded slowly but is
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| − | gathering pockets of steam in the contemporary era.
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| − | Four issue-areas are reviewed, including Internet addressing, interconnection,
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| − | naming and security. Within these categories, 12 kinds of fragmentation of | |
| − | varying degrees of significance are identified:
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| | 1. Network Address Translation | | 1. Network Address Translation |
| | 2. IPv4 and IPv6 incompatibility and the dual-stack requirement | | 2. IPv4 and IPv6 incompatibility and the dual-stack requirement |