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We should have a peer-to-peer DNS driven by some consensus system like blockchain. Why do we allow critical pieces of internet infrastructure to be centralized?
by BucketSort 7y ago
We should have a peer-to-peer DNS driven by some consensus system like blockchain. Why do we allow critical pieces of internet infrastructure to be centralized?
- jrockway 7y agoThere is no mandate to trust the root DNS servers. Someone like Google (8.8.8.8) or Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) could just start registering their own .org domain names and nobody could stop them. The resulting shitstorm would be so enjoyable to watch.
- NickNameNick 7y agoGiven the headwinds the browser DNS-over-https efforts have run into, I wouldn't expect them to want to try it. But I was pondering the merits of eg: a regional block of ISPs declaring they'd like to try, and seeing the effect that had on the value of the 'legacy operators'
- Thorrez 7y agoPreviously the CEO of Cloudflare has been against making 1.1.1.1 return anything non-standard, because even a single instance of that would ruin the integrity of DNS. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19829033 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19829033
- jrockway 7y agoYeah, that's a very reasonable stance. I'm not saying it's a good idea to hijack .org, just that it's more possible than one might think.
- NickNameNick 7y agoThere are a few of these already. Etherium Name Service[1] NameCoin [2] presumably many others. [1]https://ens.domains/ https://ens.domains/ [2]https://www.namecoin.org/ https://www.namecoin.org/
- BucketSort 7y agoInteresting. Thanks!
- zmzrr 7y agoWhat a shitfest this would be. How much money do you think some governments would be willing to spend to take over the entire DNS system? Don't you see what they did to Bitcoin?