(I didn't see this posted earlier- Apologies if it was)
Aum has a developed a DNS-like system that runs over freenet, for
identifying keys with easy to use names. He's implemented in in
Python, using FCP. (link at bottom of message).
It's different than a KSK in that it's set up per "user", rather than
globally on Freenet.
I think this is a much better idea.
The idea, as I understand it, lets a user set up a USK page, to which
he posts a list of freenet links. This is somewhat similar to the
multitude of Freenet indexes that already exist ;)
In this USK page, A user could specify "Friendly Names", similar to
DNS, or a KSK.
InterestingSite -> USK at BlahBlahBlah
GreatPic -> CHK at blahBlahBlah
A user can then "Subscribe" to another users name's list- So for
example, if Alice published this page, I could subscribe to his
pages, and access any of her links, via her username, and the short
name he gave it-
For example- Alice/InterestingSite
If Bob were to do the same thing, I could access Bob/SuperCoolSite,
which would link me to things that he thinks are interesting.
You, as a user, can subscribe to as many of these indexes as you
want, by telling your client to know about both USK index pages.
The most interesting part is yet to be written. I'm still talking to
Aum about how best to do it, but I'd welcome suggestions.
* Allow Bob to subscribe to Alice's page, and include it as part of his.
What this does is allow a web-of-trust for DNS. Bob trusts Alice's
pages, so he tells the client to automatically copy them into his
list, under her name.
That means that by subscribing to JUST BOB, I can access BOTH Bob/
SuperCoolSite, AND Alice/InterestingSite
That means that you could subscribe to as many DNS providers as you
choose, and they all publish their lists to a global datastore.
This isn't easily implementable under the general internet, because
it doesn't have a global datastore.. It's a freenet unique solution,
and the idea is fascinating to me.
This is a VERY exciting idea, and I'd love to see it implemented more
globally. Discussion appreciated.
http://freenet.org.nz/pyfcp/fcpnames.1.html
