In a conflict scenario, constant radio transmission reveals your location. An IWP allows "sneaker net" networking. A stealth probe flies into a system, dumps data to the proxy via a tight laser beam for 5 seconds, and leaves. The proxy stores the data, releasing it to the fleet weeks later. No continuous signal.
Who is building this right now? NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Delay-Tolerant Networking Research Group (DTNRG) . interstellar web proxy
They have already tested DTN on the International Space Station. The next step is the Lunar Interstellar Web Proxy—a cache on the Moon that buffers traffic between Earth and Mars. In a conflict scenario, constant radio transmission reveals
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name interstellar ghcr.io/interstellarnetwork/interstellar:latest
Then visit http://your-server-ip:8080.