On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:38 AM, David Barrett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Stepping back a bit, can you describe what problem the current DNS has > that you would like to solve? I'd love to hear a scenario that can > currently happens that you would like to prevent. Thanks! The two biggest problems I'd like to solve are: 1) Eliminating lock-in with any particular central authority. If you don't like a particular authority you can stop trusting them and the system will still work (with "eventually consistent" results) 2) Eliminating the ability of an authority to revoke a domain name before their lease is up. In order for that to happen the owner should have to cryptographically release it (perhaps under the duress of a pending lawsuit or court order) A problem this sort of system also unintentionally solves: A DDoS of the root servers would become impossible, because such a system wouldn't have any root servers. Everyone running a DNS server would have their own copy of the DNS registry, spread through a distributed version control system. -- Tony Arcieri Medioh! A Kudelski Brand
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