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

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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