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Re:The GNU Name System by BeefWellington on Monday July 25, 2022 @08:32AM (#32223430)
DNS is just a system whereby you can translate any name to any IP address. Global has nothing to do with it. In fact, by nature DNS is almost always local (you go to your chosen DNS server's IP to get the data). Your DNS server is free to lie to you about the real IP for www.google.com.

The thing that protects you here is TLS and PKI and our agreed-upon global trust system of registrars and certificate authorities that have been built up. DNS itself is just one (very abuse-able) cog in that wheel.

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Re:The GNU Name System by walls on Monday July 25, 2022 @09:07AM (#32223726)
So it's basically useless without adding governance which eliminates the entire point of this project.
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Re:The GNU Name System by pessimizer on Monday July 25, 2022 @09:36AM (#32224056)
No, you get to choose your governance rather than it being chosen for you. That seems like an really important thing when we normally talk about governance.
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Re:The GNU Name System by naasking on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:04PM (#32230896)
> No, you get to choose your governance rather than it being chosen for you.

For instance, if you live in China.

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