Lest the reader be immediately put off by the size of this document, I offer the following brief roadmap:
If, having read the abstract, you want to go straight to a very brief technical overview of yoid, look at Subsection 1.4 (``Yoid in a Nutshell'') and perhaps the subsection preceding it (1.3). For a deeper technical overview, see Subsections 2.1 and 2.2.
Otherwise, this paper pretty much proceeds in increasing detail, and you can just start at the beginning and continue until you've read enough. The first Section (1, ``Introduction''), tells you why we need better distribution, what yoid is, and why yoid provides better distribution.
The second Section (2) takes you through yoid in increasing technical detail. Of particular interest might be Subsection 2.4 (``Yoid Tree Management Protocol (YTMP)''), and to some extent the following subsection, which describe how yoid tunneled topologies are dynamically configured--the only really novel thing about yoid.
The last section outlines an assortment of enhancements that may be made to the basic architecture to increase yoid's capabilities or solve various problems endemic to yoid. This section can easily be skipped by all but the most interested readers.
This document is in an early draft stage. It is still missing references, and has not gone through any peer review. Any references or comments on the document or yoid itself are greatly appreciated.