The Sustainable Network

by Sorensen, Sarah

• ISBN13: 9780596157036
• ISBN10: 0596157037
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-28
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

What technologies do we need to solve the complex environmental, economic, social, and political challenges facing us today? As this thought-provoking book reveals, one tool for enacting change is already at our fingertips: the global network. Consider the private domains of companies, governments, and institutions along with the public Internet: we have an immense communications network that connects billions of people in ways we never thought possible. In this book, author Sarah Sorensen clearly demonstrates why this network is the best sustainable technology available to help us tackle a wide range of problems. If each of us represents a node on this network, then it's time we realize the potential we hold. The Sustainable Network is a call to action, urging individuals, governments, markets, and organizations to put the power of this network to good use. Discover how the sustainable network connects us all, with examples of how it's already effecting change Understand how this network magnifies the impact of even the smallest change and newest idea Explore the role that various market and political forces play Learn how the network can be improved to better address environmental, economic, and social conditions Get practical advice that you or your business can follow now

Author Biography

Sarah Sorensen is currently the Sr. Manager of Corporate Communications at Juniper Networks. She has spearheaded Juniper's Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and worked on the company's corporate sustainable program, while managing Juniper's business announcements, crisis communications, public sector outreach and overall corporate message consistency across all business units.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
I Am a Node	p. 1
What Is the Network: How Does It Work?	p. 5
Linking Things Together	p. 6
Protocols	p. 8
Just a Few More Terms: Hosts, Routers, Switches, LANs, and WANs	p. 9
Green by Accident	p. 13
What Makes the Network Sustainable?	p. 19
Broadband: What Is It?	p. 27
Can the Internet Hit a Wall?	p. 35
The Mobile Me	p. 45
Take It with You	p. 51
The Network's Green Factor	p. 57
Carbon Footprints	p. 61
Watch Your Weight	p. 62
A Product's Carbon Footprint	p. 68
The Business of Reducing Carbon	p. 69
Net Efficiencies: Maximizing Resources While Minimizing Waste	p. 71
What's So Smart About an Energy Grid?	p. 79
What You Can Do	p. 90
Dematerialization	p. 91
What You Can Do	p. 95
Detravelization	p. 97
What Are Some of These Detravelization Tools?	p. 102
What You Can Do	p. 105
What's Being Done-A Glimpse at the Future	p. 105
What Is the Network: How Is Telecommuting Enabled?	p. 107
IPSec	p. 109
MPLS	p. 110
SSL	p. 111
Pushing the Boundaries	p. 113
Let's Get Specific	p. 116
What You Can Do	p. 125
Data Center	p. 127
What About the Actual Equipment?	p. 131
Basic Consumption Reduction	p. 134
Energy Efficiency Measurement	p. 137
Doing Good by Doing Right	p. 143
Is Broadband Really That Important?	p. 149
Sustainable Providers	p. 155
Net Neutrality	p. 163
Tearing Down Economic Boundaries	p. 169
Information Is King	p. 177
Evolution	p. 183
Network Time	p. 191
Political Sustainability	p. 197
Rocking the Vote	p. 205
The Right to Network Usage	p. 215
Challenges of the Networked World	p. 221
Network Defenses Depend on How Traffic Is Sent	p. 229
I Am on the Net, Therefore I Am Vulnerable	p. 237
The Machines	p. 239
The People	p. 240
And Sometimes It's Just Good Hacking	p. 241
Antisocial Network Engineering	p. 245
Protect the Net	p. 251
The Last Best Place to Attack: Your Mobile	p. 261
Government's Role in Protecting the Network's Integrity	p. 269
How the Network Can Help Efforts	p. 274
21st-century Warfare: Cyberattacks	p. 277
Social Sustainability	p. 281
The Health Net	p. 287
What You Can Do	p. 292
Not by Accident: Social Networking	p. 293
Our Relationship with the Network	p. 299
Glossary: A Quick Cheat Sheet of Common Terms	p. 303
Notes	p. 313
Index	p. 337
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