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2.11.5 Summary
Overlay networks are an extension of the Internet design philosophy to distributed applications.
They provide routing mechanisms that are robust to individual failures, and provide redundant paths.
Genesis of much of the current research in networks and distributed systems.
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Ian Wakeman 2005-02-22