On Apr 30, 2014 8:21 AM, "Tyler Romeo" <tylerro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This isn't really relevant to MediaWiki, and the proposal is so ridiculous
> I can only assume it is some sort of joke project.
>
> For others seeing this thread, I found all the good quotes for you:
>
> > DNSChain "stops the NSA"
>
> > .dns is a meta-TLD because unlike traditional TLDs, it is not meant to
> globally resolve to a specific IP [...] you cannot register a meta-TLD
> because you already own them!
>
> I think ICANN might take issue with that. (Also, a good read of RFC 3686
is
> necessary here.)
>
> > // hijack and record all HTTPS communications to this site
> > function do_TLS_MITM(connection) {
> > if (
> > // let's not get caught by "pinning", shall we?
> > isPinnedSite(connection.website, connection.userAgent)
> > // never hijack those EFF nuisances, they're annoying
> > || isOnBlacklist(connection.ip)
> > // hijack only 5% of connections to avoid detection
> > || randomIntBetween(1, 100) > 5
> > )
> > {
> > return false;
> > }
> > return mitm_and_store_in_database(connection);
> > }
>
> I'd *love* to see the implementation of "mitm_and_store_in_database".
>
> Also, fun to note that the entire application is written in CoffeeScript.
>
> *-- *
> *Tyler Romeo*
> Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016
> Major in Computer Science
In the PDF I read this is saver than lower level languages, because it has
no null pointer exceptions.
I for one would prefer not to take safety advice from this person.
--Martijn
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:41 AM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Would someone please review this DNS proposal for secure HTTPS?
> >
> > https://github.com/okTurtles/dnschain
> > http://okturtles.com/other/dnschain_okturtles_overview.pdf
> > http://okturtles.com/
> >
> > It is new but it appears to be the most correct secure DNS solution for
> > HTTPS security at present. Thank you.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > James Salsman
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