On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, uberhacker wrote: > That's the main point I wanted to make - who is in charge. In the DNS world > one can be pretty certain that the handful of root DNS servers are managed > by trustworthy individuals, and the machines are nice and safe. But in our > little world of digital currencies, I wouldn't trust any existing player to > run things honestly and securely. We have to come back to a discussion about > laws and jurisdictions, things that force people into doing the right thing. > But then, so much of this community of ours is all about steering clear of > jurisdictions that force themselves on us with rules and regulations. So > then what are we supposed to do!
That's actually what makes the idea all the more interesting to me. As we've both acknowledged, the legacy root servers are under control of "trusted" entities, like the US Government, the US military, and large publicly traded corporations (none of which have any credibility problems whatsoever, especially recently ;) But the truth is, the current DNS based hierarchy is based on consensus, a simple tacit agreement used the world over to use the same set of root nameservers. This convention is enforced by nothing concrete. It could be circumvented with enough support (although most prior efforts at "alternative roots" were doomed to failure) and supplimented transparently (there are almost certainly "private namespaces" in operation today, layered *over* the legacy roots.) The main point however is the basis in consensus. This is what makes it interesting to me and what I thought would appeal to the libertarian and anarchist type mindsets that gravitate to the DGC scene. Sort of getting beyond the scope of my original idea but there you go... -mark --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
