DTN Overview

 DTN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_Tolerant_Networking

 IETF DTN working group papers.

http://www.dtnrg.org/wiki/Docs

 Routing in DTN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routing_in_delay_tolerant_networking

Ideally fully scalable routing should be completely dynamic. In practice protocols like propher will need to be pre-loaded with slowly changing (semi-static) topology information reflecting local postal/courier routes and schedules, delivery and collection points and contact opportunities via off peak use of cell phone and VSAT networks etc etc.

Systems administration for tens of thousands of disconnected XOs only accessible by offline (postal courier) physical media updates is "non-trivial".

Although designed for online administration, the approach taken in Puppet may be relevant.

 ICT4D DTN

http://dsh.cs.washington.edu/info/papers.html

 http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/wiki/Publications

http://info.n4c.eu/

http://www.snc.sapmi.net/documentation.html

http://www.snc.sapmi.net/references.html

Email Architecture

 http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.402-199906-I/en

 Directory Architecture

http://www.x500standard.com/

http://sec.cs.kent.ac.uk/x500book/

Previous DTN

Net News (Usenet)

http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/inn/

Couriers with USB flash drives.

http://www.wizzy.org.za/