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Re:Snow – A layer 3 virtual network that uses public keys in... by alistproducer2 on Monday July 06, 2015 @11:53PM (#9843553)
maybe im missing something, but what is the point of using the public keys if they need to be mapped to ip? dont u still need dns servers to resolve the ip addresses?
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Re:Snow – A layer 3 virtual network that uses public keys in... by purp on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @12:35AM (#9843651)
You get full encryption end to end, transparent to any app or program on the box, with next to zero config.

See http://trustiosity.com/snow/how-it-works.html

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Re:Snow – A layer 3 virtual network that uses public keys in... by lucb1e on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @08:40AM (#9845018)
It uses DHT instead of DNS, but basically yes. The point, however, at least in my opinion, is this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9844987
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