Re: [Din] Updated charter proposal

[Toerless Eckert <[e-mail]>]

On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 08:35:40PM -0400, Melinda Shore wrote:
> On 7/14/18 7:10 PM, Toerless Eckert wrote:
> > You are comparing a system (CDN) with one of its aspect (control),
> > that was not the question.
> 
> Well, I don't know - it might have been.  I think it's possible
> to look at a number of different axes, including the question of
> centralized control (which, come to think of it, strikes me
> as one of the more significant aspects).

Sure, but the question was about the relationship between
distributed and decentralized for a single object/entity and
not comparing two different things, even if one is the superset of another.

> At any rate I think the question here is not to nail down a
> precise definition, but rather to get a basic handle on what
> is and is not in scope for the research group.

Right. And i was meaning to imply that we may simply want to establissh
the language notation that whenever we say "decentralized" we
mean "decentralized and/or distributed". Just to keep the langaage simple.

> I think that based on the original intent and on recent discussions, for
> example, something along the lines of a traditional distributed
> system like Amoeba would not be in scope, nor would technology
> based on a permissioned blockchain,

>  ... since both have highly interested in alternatives to the DNS...

I can not parse this.  Can explain this a bit more ?

> which is distributed
> but hierarchical and rooted in a small number of points of
> control.

Many blockchains are now also built hierarchical, and you can easily
add a distributed consensus mechanism to protect against an
attack against less than 50% of DNS root servers. 

I think you'll have a very hard time to define crisp criteria for
in/out of DINRG this way. Probably a lot easier to just stick to
the classical approach of figuring out what the top interest of
the RG contributors is, how many they can work on in parallel
and avoiding to step on other RGs feet. ;-)

> (allowing for the possibility of alternative hierarchies.

Alternative hierarchies are not a good thing to you ? 

Cheers
    Toerless


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> Melinda
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