Miles Fidelman wrote:
Ivan Shmakov wrote:
Miles Fidelman <[email protected]> writes:
> Of course one thing to keep in mind about URIs for DHTs is that they
> really are somewhat meaningless, or at least don't function the way
> normal URIs do.
> A URI into a DHT is really for local consumption only - it's a key
> into the local code that executes the DHT's algorithm, rather
than an
> identifier that can be used across the net.
I don't quite understand what is meant by “[a] URI into a DHT”,
but the URN's I'm interested in are perfectly suitable for
communication, be it in writing, e-mail, or World Wide Web.
For instance, if you're interested in bits signed by me in
GNUnet, check [1].
[1]
gnunet://fs/sks/TU6GGH9COPQLPQTG919BB0QVEVIO1SF1IRGI7ACBGOHKVPNCGRUQG98H4DTTPDNDVMV83E8SI51GR66AL6S47BLLK4LULR8J1A7T188/ivan
What I mean is that
gnunet://fs/sks/TU6GGH9COPQLPQTG919BB0QVEVIO1SF1IRGI7ACBGOHKVPNCGRUQG98H4DTTPDNDVMV83E8SI51GR66AL6S47BLLK4LULR8J1A7T188/ivan
requires that you have the gnunet software installed, and generally
you are typing that URL into the gnunet software. It's not like
there's a gnunet protocol and API that is generally accessible across
the net. This is simply a representation of a gnunet DHT key.
To clarify just a bit more: The "scheme" portion of a typical URI
implies a communications protocol, usually involving "listeners" sitting
out on the net somewhere that understand the particular protocol.
In the case of most DHT's, access is either via a client program, or a
call into a software library - details of the protocol used between
nodes running the DHT are hidden from users.
So... gnunet:...., or more accurately urn:gnunet:.... might work as a
URN scheme (a way to name things) but would not be very useful as a way
to actually access anything. (If I haven't been paying attention, and
there is something like a "gnunet access protocol," complete with
resolvers that sit behind TCP or UDP listeners, somebody please correct
me!).
Miles Fidelman
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In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
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