Ideas for DNS on Maidsafe

[dirvine]

Not sure what issues? we do not use and do not need DNS or is it something else you are looking for ? Sorry if I missed the point, I am busy and in scanning mode a lot

[alexkon]

Is there any solution for brand names and/or some kind of internal domains (the unique names) which can be used in MaidSafe network to mark and differ inside the network projects (sites, groups and so on)

[dirvine]

@alexkon

Is there any solution for brand names and/or some kind of internal domains (the unique names) which can be used in MaidSafe network to mark and differ inside the network projects (sites, groups and so on)

Yes, you can choose whatever you want to call yourself and that will work. There is an underlying address you can tell people (the first 6-0 chars) and the system will identify if you are unique there with this name/address combination.
Here is how a vault gets an address allocated

maidsafe-archive/MaidSafe-Vault/blob/next/docs/pmid_create_store.md

And for public names (people brands etc.) then it is very similar except instead of holding the average capability of the network in a group we use public names and do not allow the same public name anywhere near an address of a similar public name. There is a doc, I cannot see it just now, but will try and remember to find and post it here. Sorry about that.

[whiteoutmashups]

@dirvine

Yes, you can choose whatever you want to call yourself and that will work.

So you look for the ID of the person to find the website that they made?

So this way SAFE doesn’t need a DNS, right?

[whiteoutmashups]

@dirvine

There is an underlying address you can tell people (the first 6-0 chars) and the system will identify if you are unique there with this name/address combination.

I could see this working pretty perfectly actually, especially if there is a great search engine that could lead you to the most popular / linked-to page (like Google does) for whatever you are looking for

(instead of having to type in some website name into the address bar, because then you get into DNS / name-squatting problems)

[anon81773980]

Honestly, DNS should be dropped all together. I do not like the idea that names are valuable.

My suggestion is to implement GNU Name System. Very unique.

Major zone - Bob would like to be called Bob (in global system. It is not enforcible.)
Minor zone- Alice rather name bob, bobby. (in personal system)
(forgot name) zone - Charlie wants connect to bob but doesn’t know bob address, but Alice does. Charlie → Alice → Bobby.

Beautiful!

But I also like what it was being said several comments above me.

[janitor]

@Grizmoblust

Honestly, DNS should be dropped all together. I do not like the idea that names are valuable.

That isn’t a valid reason. Someone doesn’t like the opposite.
You should point out technical or privacy or other weaknesses, if you can find any.
I object to the idea as well, but from a different perspective.

@Grizmoblust

My suggestion is to implement GNU Name System. Very unique.

Bad idea.

MaidSafe and GNUnet comparison

Spent 3 mins looking at that site: GNUnet mentions name resolution based on IP addresses. Unless there’s a way to obfuscate those via Tor or some other mechanism, the system only provides anti-censorship and anonymity in terms of domain registration/blocking. I am not particularly interested in that since the current (legacy DNS approach) is good enough for my current use, and for my future use the GNUNet approach wouldn’t be sufficient, so I’d rather skip it in favor of MaidSafe.