Ah, heh, I was actually thinking along exactly the opposite lines.
Rather than using a DHT to replace DNS, I was thinking of just using DNS to
replace the DHT:
Normally, every node would register itself in some DHT such that it can be
located. I'm suggesting that every node just register itself using dynamic
DNS for location via the internet (or using mDNS for location via a
disconnected LAN), and then there's no need for the DHT (at least, not for
resolving peer names to IPs).
Though now that I think of it... you could also do some really crazy shit by
having a domain name like:
<contenthash>.crazyshit.com
Then, using standard dynamic DNS protocols, if you have a piece of content
you just add yourself to the round-robin IP pool associated with that domain
name. To get a list of all clients with the content, just do a standard DNS
lookup on the domain. All the standard DNS infrastructure for replicated
caching kicks in as normal.
Anyway, the more I learn about DNS, the more I like it. It's one of the few
systems that is truly decentralized at not only a technical infrastructure
level, but also the legal/political level.
-david
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:p2p-hackers-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alen Peacock
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 4:24 PM
> To: theory and practice of decentralized computer networks
> Subject: Re: [p2p-hackers] p2p, mDNS and scaling
>
> On 6/17/07, David Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Indeed, I think mDNS + dynamic DNS is the recipe for a really
> interesting,
> > completely decentralized naming system that works seamlessly both on and
> off
> > the internet:
>
> Some previous work on Semantic Free Referencing (SFR) and DNS might
> be of interest: "Untangling the Web from DNS"
> http://nms.csail.mit.edu/papers/sfr-nsdi04.html
>
> I'm not sure if this line of research ended up leading anywhere in
> the end, but thought the reference (if you hadn't already seen it)
> might be useful.
>
> Alen
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