[e2e] compression ...

[Krishna Pattabhiraman]

There is this company called Peribit (builds middle boxes) that claims
compression using genetics-based compression techniques. Wonder what "real"
compression ratios are obtainable using their
algorithms/boxes. The problem w/ such middle boxes is the unpredictability
in the BW reqmts - the BW reqmts are more a function of the data contents
(bytestream). On the other hand, people have not minded the BW
unpredictability due to HDLC either for so many years. 

Anybody deploying peribit boxes - am curious to find out the BW gains.

Krishna

> Message: 14
> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:56:33 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Vernon Schryver <vjs at calcite.rhyolite.com>
> To: end2end-interest at postel.org, wkim at airvananet.com
> Subject: RE: [e2e] Compression of web pages

> 
> That's an interesting thought.  Can unpacking a .gif, transforming
> it, and then sending it as if it were the original violate copyrights
> or trademarks?  Then there are the myriad other end-to-end objections
> to hidden middle boxes.
>