> In what way is it centralized? What do you mean exactly? The > root-servers? There are 16 of those all over the globe.
Centralized is being used here as a counterpoint to peer-to-peer. Centralized doesn't mean there is a single entity, it means that not anyone can participate. Maybe we should call it oligarchical. The point is, if you compromise the root servers then you have compromised the entire network. > Anyway, you don't need to register a domain for dynamic DNS. You get a > subdomain (or perhaps rather a hostname) within a domain. At least > with those free providers of dynamic DNS I know. Dynamic domain names are even more centralized because there are less providers. > And in using DNS in stead of IP numbers a lot more people could fully > participate in Freenet. Yes, but developing a system for providing dynamic IPs with permanent names that does not rely on DNS would solve the same problem while being anonymous and peer-to-peer, so we might as well do that. I'm happy with fingerpirnt->IP mappings updated by handshake up IP changes with Oskar's ARK system to take care of the loose ends. _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
