THE VIDEO SHELF · content-centric networking
A New Way to look at Networking
Van Jacobson's 2006 Google Tech Talk on rethinking networking around named content instead of host-to-host conversations. He recounts packet-networking history and lays out the content-centric networking idea that later became NDN.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters point to it as an inspiring talk behind content-addressed designs like IPFS, Urbit and immutable URLs.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- GoogleTalksArchive
- Topic
- content-centric networking
- Format
- talk
- Level
- advanced
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 11
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
I was surprised to command-F for Van Jacobson and not find this lecture, "A New Way to Look at Networking". [VIDEO] Van Jacobson was the major architect of TCP/IP; here is how the Internet would work if he were in charge. If this is ever …
samatman on Hacker News · 2013-04
In Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?Yes! Ted Nelson talks about this in this amazing and inspiring Google Talk video from 2006. He talks about the rise of packet-based networking, and how the future will be content-centric. [VIDEO]
ned on Hacker News · 2014-07
In IPFS: The Permanent WebYou may be interested in this Google Tech Talk from 2006 - [VIDEO] . I found it interesting at the time it came out.
barrkel on Hacker News · 2012-10
In Naming Things with Hashes
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