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Re:P2P DNS by simoncion on Sunday May 01, 2016 @03:50AM (#11605325)
> I don't think DNS is P2P in the sense that all actors in the system are homogenous and equipotent. ... DNS is a more of a hierarchical system, where the roots are at the center, and they delegate trust and responsibility as necessary.

So, on the one hand I see where you're coming from and your comments are totally valid.

On the other hand, there is no actual centralized authority to which one must appeal to to get data into DNS. Want to have porn site blocking? OpenDNS has you covered! [0] Want to attach Namecoin's .bit TLD into your DNS tree? That's available on my LAN and -when last I checked- through a few Internet-accessible DNS servers. Ad/malvertizing blocking for every client attached to your network? Again, just point to (or stand up) a DNS server that's appropriately configured.

In DNS, the "edges" have just as much power as the nodes in the "center", but their sphere of influence is often much smaller.

[0] https://support.opendns.com/entries/46060260-FamilyShield-Ro...

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Re:P2P DNS by vertex-four on Sunday May 01, 2016 @07:20AM (#11605770)
So how do I register foobar.com in such a way that everyone using DNS can access it without paying an organisation registered (directly or indirectly) with ICANN?

Filtering can be done - certain very-small-scale extensions can be done - and local DNS networks can be done - but if you take the goal of DNS-as-a-global-service as "provide globally unique, globally available name resolution", it very much is centralised.

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