There already was a service like this within tor called... well I forget the name. The problem with such a system outside tor is they they could be ordered to remove DNS entries and then it would censor those onion sites. Does anybody remember the name of that program? Ringo Kamens
On 3/11/07, Kasimir Gabert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello everybody, I am new to this list (and Tor in general), but I have been wanting to contribute for awhile. As I understand it (correct me if I am wrong -- I am very new), the .onion TLDs are built up from two hexadecimal parts, so they are cannot be something that is easy to remember (such as hiddenwiki.onion). I am wondering whether there have been any talks of running a DNS system (outside of Tor) that would convert something like .hidden TLDs into .onion. This would allow server administrators to pick domains that make sense, and would allow publishing things as hidden services to become more broadly used. It would not have to run inside of Tor, but would have to be accessible to Tor. I think most of the current tools for DNS (BIND and such) would work relatively well, and might require only a few hacks (we could even have everything just be CNAMEs instead of A records). Am I missing something big? I think this would make running hidden services much easier if Tor gets larger -- and they will be much more enticing to use for the Tor users. -- Kasimir Gabert
