Prevent OneName spoofing a id/ identity
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 1:38 pm
Is it possible to grab /u/<username> to prevent it from being used/owned by OneName or do they own that namespace so that only they can use it?
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Nobody "owns" anything in Namecoin world. Only if someone is in posession of a private key for a particular item then you may call it "ownership" of that item.AliceWonder wrote: being used/owned by OneName or do they own that namespace so that only they can use it?
+1 OneName has the right to stay like /id - no problem. Every kind of namespace can be registered. If you dont like OneName then don't use it or fork it and modify it for usage with /id.cassini wrote:Nobody "owns" anything in Namecoin world. Only if someone is in posession of a private key for a particular item then you may call it "ownership" of that item.AliceWonder wrote: being used/owned by OneName or do they own that namespace so that only they can use it?
In other words: yes, you can register any u/<name> or id/<name> if it hasn't been taken by somebody else before you.
They certainly have the "right" to use whatever format they want. However, it's in everyone's best interest if efforts are made to improve interoperability. That's why the Namecoin devs are irritated with OneName; OneName is intentionally reducing interoperability by refusing to use the formats that everyone else is using. That has a negative impact on end users.sudoquai wrote:+1 OneName has the right to stay like /id - no problem. Every kind of namespace can be registered. If you dont like OneName then don't use it or fork it and modify it for usage with /id.cassini wrote:Nobody "owns" anything in Namecoin world. Only if someone is in posession of a private key for a particular item then you may call it "ownership" of that item.AliceWonder wrote: being used/owned by OneName or do they own that namespace so that only they can use it?
In other words: yes, you can register any u/<name> or id/<name> if it hasn't been taken by somebody else before you.
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Well said. They did not use the new namespace to do anything new. They're doing identity, which is already done on id/ - they're just ignoring it and building another.biolizard89 wrote:They certainly have the "right" to use whatever format they want. However, it's in everyone's best interest if efforts are made to improve interoperability. That's why the Namecoin devs are irritated with OneName; OneName is intentionally reducing interoperability by refusing to use the formats that everyone else is using. That has a negative impact on end users.cassini wrote:Nobody "owns" anything in Namecoin world. Only if someone is in posession of a private key for a particular item then you may call it "ownership" of that item.AliceWonder wrote: being used/owned by OneName or do they own that namespace so that only they can use it?
In other words: yes, you can register any u/<name> or id/<name> if it hasn't been taken by somebody else before you.
Oh no, so the evil squatters already occupied u/ as well! I guess they'll have to start a new namespace then.Bitcoin wrote:I happened to get u/google but this was before onename started doing their thing.
domob wrote:Oh no, so the evil squatters already occupied u/ as well! I guess they'll have to start a new namespace then.Bitcoin wrote:I happened to get u/google but this was before onename started doing their thing.
Just joking.