Brazilian researchers work on new internet architecture

Brazilian researchers work on new internet architecture
By Pedro Ozores - Thursday, October 17, 2013

A group of researchers from Inatel, the Brazilian privately held national telecommunications institute, are working on the development of a new architecture for the internet called NovaGenesis.

Started in 2008, the project is now entering its implementation and advanced proof of conception phases, while it awaits the results of five different applications for government financing, professor Antonio Alberti, NovaGenesis' founder and chief architect, told BNamericas.

"We have applied for about five different lines of financing for the project. The results of three of these applications, which were made earlier this year, are expected in the coming weeks. We are also looking for partners from the private sector," Alberti said, adding that to date, the project has been financed by Inatel itself.

NovaGenesis aims to be the backbone of a new internet design, with the objective of giving greater security to communications and information exchange and allowing the creation of new protocols to respond to current technological demands.

"What we propose is a redesign of this structure, allowing protocols to be created in another way: smarter, simpler, more organized and safer. The TCP-IP protocol, on which the exchange of information on the internet is based, would not be present in NovaGenesis, for example. In contrast to what happens at the moment, where all computers have an IP, in NovaGenesis their network identity would focus on auto-certifiable names, so machines can communicate replacing the IP," Alberti said.

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September 18, 2013 6:37 pm
Brazil’s Petrobras to invest heavily in data security
By Joe Leahy in São Paulo


Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras said it was investing R$21bn in five years to improve data security amid allegations US spies are targeting the company.

The comments from Petrobras, which follow the postponement on Tuesday by President Dilma Rousseff of a state visit to Washington over the espionage controversy, come amid fears of increasing fallout for business from the row.

“This is a policy that is so important it has been personally approved by the board of directors,” Maria das Graças Foster, Petrobras president, told a public forum in Rio de Janeiro of the investment in security. “The management of our goods, people, information and the wealth we create is of crucial importance.”

Brazilian politicians have been angered by information leaked by former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden alleging that Washington’s spying was aimed not only at terrorists but also at President Dilma Rousseff and state-owned oil company, Petrobras.

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