A distributed naming system intended to work with mesh networks like GNUnet.<p>GNS does not support names which are simultaneously global, secure and human-readable. Instead, names are either global and not human-readable or not globally unique and human-readable. In GNS, each user manages their own zones and can delegate subdomains to zones managed by other users.<p>For example, ICANN could just create 'DNS zone' that would embed DNS as a zone into GNS.
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Previous discussion of GNU Name System: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32222360">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32222360</a>
I have mixed feelings. A unitary root of naming and the dns is a huge value proposition to walk away from. Fitting gnu names under .alt is only partly ameliorative.
Has anyone been following along with what the plan is for GNS? An RFC is quite cool but are there any zones being distributed over GNS to play around with?