Monolithic vs Independent structures

• Current trend in Browsers is monolithic
  • specific software/API constraints, unique M-M interface
  • vendor control of features
  • large executables
  • Man-Machine interface may not be needed

• Filters offer decentralized structure
  • use widely accepted protocols (HTTP, ...)
  • vendor/technology independent
  • can combine hardware platforms
  • but potential for communication overhead
  • but problems of configuration management

• V6
  • Neither monolithic nor atomized
  • a filter composition device

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