[Freedombox-discuss] DHTs and Names
Tony Godshall
togo at of.net
Thu Aug 25 01:21:26 UTC 2011
...
> Yesterday i thought about IF we use our own call it freedombox DNS,
> if its centralisted or not, something like https://whatever for each box would be the goal
> (using punicode for domainnames would be a plus)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name
>
> I understand what sam means , what if someone set up 20 boxes called https://eben_moglen(1) https://eben_moglen(2) or
> https://ebenmoglen_ ,https://ebe_nmoglen, https://ebenmogle_n
> there is no way to prevent domain squating , or a "verified button" :)
> greetings
We need a reputation system. If I visit https://eben_moglen and see
any indication it's crap, I should be able to thumbs-down on it.
Enough people do that, and the and the fake host(s) is(are) voted
away.
Anyone with good encryption chops know how one could do a DHT-based
reputation/voting system?
Tony
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