Re: [cryptography] First public DNSChain server went online yesterday!

2014-02-08 Thread Eric Mill
I just want to be clear on my understanding here. This provides a way to register a .dns or .bit domain, and store your registration of that domain in a blockchain. Then, to guarantee authenticity, you can store a fingerprint of an SSL cert in the blockchain, so that anyone can verify that the

Re: [cryptography] First public DNSChain server went online yesterday!

2014-02-08 Thread Natanael
1: Domains expire unless renewed. 2: Transfers are possible. 3: The security model of blockchain based systems like Namecoin is that the primary chain had the greatest amount of proof-of-work behind it, and you can't fake the proof-of-work. You can try to isolate a node and provide a fake chain,

Re: [cryptography] First public DNSChain server went online yesterday!

2014-02-08 Thread Greg
On Feb 8, 2014, at 3:18 PM, Eric Mill e...@konklone.com wrote: I just want to be clear on my understanding here. This provides a way to register a .dns or .bit domain, and store your registration of that domain in a blockchain. Not quite. 1) *.dns is a meta-TLD. You cannot register

Re: [cryptography] First public DNSChain server went online yesterday!

2014-02-08 Thread Greg
Overall I'm **super** excited about Namecoin and DNSChain, and I've been waiting for someone to connect them through traditional DNS. This is such valuable work, thank you for being a pioneer on this. Thanks, btw, for your kind words, they are really appreciated. I get a lot of flack

Re: [cryptography] First public DNSChain server went online yesterday!

2014-02-08 Thread Greg
On Feb 8, 2014, at 4:20 PM, Greg g...@kinostudios.com wrote: Some questions, though the first two may just be about Namecoin: I think Eric did a good job of answering your 3 questions here. Sorry Natanael, I mean you did a good job of answering his questions. Brainfart. -g -- Please do not

[cryptography] Snowden Drop to Poitras and Greenwald Described

2014-02-08 Thread John Young
http://cryptome.org/2014/02/snowden-drop.pdf (7.6MB) ___ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography

Re: [cryptography] First public DNSChain server went online yesterday!

2014-02-08 Thread Eric Mill
Not quite. 1) *.dns is a meta-TLD. You cannot register meta-TLDs. You own them already. There is therefore no need to register them. There might exist other terms for this concept, but I wasn't aware of them. Okay, the explanation you updated helps:

Re: [cryptography] First public DNSChain server went online yesterday!

2014-02-08 Thread Greg
On Feb 8, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Eric Mill e...@konklone.com wrote: This isn't what I mean - what if someone is MITMing all your connections to the blockchain, so you're being presented with all fake chains, and never have a chance to see the real one? In other words, how is the connection to

Re: [cryptography] First public DNSChain server went online yesterday!

2014-02-08 Thread Greg
One more thought: Let's take the case where you already have a portion of the blockchain downloaded. Let's say that at time A you had a complete copy of it. At time B A, the NSA decides to not like you and encloses your DNSChain server in a Matrix (I bet they'll even use that term). Bitcoin

Re: [cryptography] Snowden Drop to Poitras and Greenwald Described

2014-02-08 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 6:28 PM, John Young j...@pipeline.com wrote: http://cryptome.org/2014/02/snowden-drop.pdf (7.6MB) That should be titled, How Greenwald nearly missed the scoop of the millennium. It appears the man did nearly everything in his power to undermine the contacts and the

Re: [cryptography] Snowden Drop to Poitras and Greenwald Described

2014-02-08 Thread ianG
On 9/02/14 09:11 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 6:28 PM, John Young j...@pipeline.com wrote: http://cryptome.org/2014/02/snowden-drop.pdf (7.6MB) That should be titled, How Greenwald nearly missed the scoop of the millennium. It appears the man did nearly everything in his