Re: [therightkey] DNSNMC deprecates Certificate Authorities and fixes HTTPS security

On 14 December 2013 04:56, Tao Effect <contact@taoeffect.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Was referred here from another IETF-related list. Just announced a project
> that combines several technologies that address the security issues with TLS
> to "NSA-proof" the web.
>
> Here is an excerpt from the paper (link to paper below it):
>
> DNSNMC fixes the authentication problems previously described, and it
> addresses all of the problems that with the previously mentioned proposals.
> It does this first by combining DNS with Namecoin (NMC), and then by
> encouraging a “trust only those you know” policy.5
>
> “Namecoin is an open source decentralized key/value registration and
> transfer system based on Bitcoin technology”.[16] Namecoin “squares Zooko’s
> Triangle”, meaning, it makes it possible to have domain names (and other
> types of identifiers) that are:
>
> Authenticated: users can be certain that they are not speaking to an
> impostor
>
> Decentralized: there is no central authority controlling all the names

If it is based on bitcoin, that is untrue. Or even if not. See
http://www.links.org/files/decentralised-currencies.pdf.

> Human-readable: names look just like today’s domain names
>
> However, by itself, Namecoin does not provide the means by which ordinary
> users can take advantage of the features it provides. Using Namecoin is far
> too cumbersome for the vast majority of internet users, even those with
> years of computer expertise. For one, it cannot be used on mobile devices
> (like iPhones) in its current state because of its network requirements.
>
> DNSNMC provides the missing “glue” to the Namecoin blockchain that makes it
> immediately accessible to clients of all types with zero configuration. A
> network administrator need only enter the IP address of a DNSNMC-compliant
> DNS server to instantly make the information within the blockchain
> accessible to all of the users that she (or he) provides internet access to.
>
> Paper: http://okturtles.com/other/dnsnmc_okturtles_overview.pdf
>
> Cheers,
> Greg Slepak
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