Why the Internet Needs the InterPlanetary File System

Re:Why the Internet Needs the InterPlanetary File System by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday October 10, 2022 @01:09AM (#33147987)

I thought IPFS did both; default content-addressing but with IPNS to allow mutability if desired, which means you can use whatever works the best. Did I misunderstand that?

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Re:Why the Internet Needs the InterPlanetary File System by viraptor on Monday October 10, 2022 @02:13AM (#33148330)

No, that's correct. I'm not sure why the parent post ignored the ipns.

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Re:Why the Internet Needs the InterPlanetary File System by toomim on Monday October 10, 2022 @03:43AM (#33148822)

Because it's no-longer content addressing: if you are addressing your content by a name, to allow it to mutate, then you aren't addressing it by its content. You're addressing it by a name.

And not to beat a dead horse, but IPNS doesn't work very well. These days people tend to build their own naming systems using layers of IPLD hashes instead.

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Re:Why the Internet Needs the InterPlanetary File System by viraptor on Monday October 10, 2022 @06:01AM (#33149589)

You're still using content addressing. Any mirrors made stay the same. Any changes are preserved as new versions. All versions are still accessible by their hashes.

The fact that you have some extra names on top of that doesn't change the base system.

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Re:Why the Internet Needs the InterPlanetary File System by toomim on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:40PM (#33172094)

Those features are not what defines content addressing. Content addressing is defined as an address for a document that is a function of its content.

If your address is a function of a public key, then you're using "agent key addressing."

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