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Re:The GNU Name System by callalex on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:22PM (#30158592)
The “human-meaningful” point seems like a pretty moot point to the end-user in a browser. See also: the current trust the general browser user places in a lock symbol somewhere on screen.
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Re:The GNU Name System by octoberfranklin on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:27PM (#30158627)
This is the compromise chosen by i2p (*.b32.i2p) and tor (*.onion). Basically your public key, or some hash of it, is your domain name.

I agree that it's probably the least-bad compromise available at the moment.

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