The GNU Name System

Re:The GNU Name System by pessimizer on Monday July 25, 2022 @10:06AM (#32224483)

From a non-expert: is there any reason (other than consumer packaging and polish) that a system like this couldn't be rolled out immediately, with ICANN as the default provider?

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Re:The GNU Name System by schanzen on Monday July 25, 2022 @10:56AM (#32225237)

There are a lot of stakeholders involved and a lot of applications relying on DNS may have problems (browsers). So the migration path is long and winded I guess.

Other than that, no. GNS itself could also be realised on top of other DHTs, such as libp2p/IPFS (before anyone mentioned the, eh, maturity issues of the reference implementation in GNUnet.)

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Re:The GNU Name System by pessimizer on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:03AM (#32225347)

You can't shim GNS into looking like DNS to the OS?

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Re:The GNU Name System by schanzen on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:08AM (#32225438)

You can. Either using nsswitch plugins or a local DNS service that resolved the names in GNS. But, browsers are delicate when it comes to TLS certificates, for example. See also https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-schanzen-gns-19.html#n...

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Re:The GNU Name System by t-3 on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:06AM (#32225394)

There's no technical reason it couldn't, but a big non-technical one: it doesn't allow for the rent-seeking behavior that supports ICANN and the internet name industry.

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Re:The GNU Name System by pessimizer on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:23AM (#32225656)

But would it be necessary for ICANN to participate in or consent to someone else (trustworthy) making their registry available over GNS?

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