ZeroNet added Namecoin .bit support

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phelix
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ZeroNet added Namecoin .bit support

Post by phelix »

lol, just ran across this on the ZeroNet homepage: http://zeronet.io/

Interesting how they resolve:
Currently we have a domain-resolver site (ZeroName: 1Name2NXVi1RDPDgf5617UoW7xA6YrhM9F) that holds all registered namecoin registered domains that has zeronet data in a simple json file.

If you want to access a site by domain the Zeroname plugin uses this file (data/1Name2NXVi1RDPDgf5617UoW7xA6YrhM9F/data/names.json) to get the site's address.

The site's data file is updated by bots that constantly checking new namecoin blocks for new domain registrations/updates.

So you have to trust the Zeroname site privatekey owner, but its fast, protects you from man-in-middle attacks and it doesn't sends your visited sites to the internet.

Later if the Namecoin devs finishes the lightwieght client we can also support that or adding support of local namecoind would not be hard.

There is an alternative version that uses DnsChain servers to resolve the domains, but the default solution is faster because you have the domains stored locally.
(from https://www.reddit.com/r/zeronet/commen ... in_latest/)

Maybe it's not yet perfectly secure but it seems to work well. I like it :mrgreen:
nx.bit - some namecoin stats
nf.bit - shortcut to this forum

anjdele
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Re: ZeroNet added Namecoin .bit support

Post by anjdele »

This is very interesant.
I have downloaded, unpacked, started. ZeroNet now works for me.
I did not understand how I can go for example to nx.bit?

biolizard89
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Re: ZeroNet added Namecoin .bit support

Post by biolizard89 »

phelix wrote:lol, just ran across this on the ZeroNet homepage: http://zeronet.io/

Interesting how they resolve:
Currently we have a domain-resolver site (ZeroName: 1Name2NXVi1RDPDgf5617UoW7xA6YrhM9F) that holds all registered namecoin registered domains that has zeronet data in a simple json file.

If you want to access a site by domain the Zeroname plugin uses this file (data/1Name2NXVi1RDPDgf5617UoW7xA6YrhM9F/data/names.json) to get the site's address.

The site's data file is updated by bots that constantly checking new namecoin blocks for new domain registrations/updates.

So you have to trust the Zeroname site privatekey owner, but its fast, protects you from man-in-middle attacks and it doesn't sends your visited sites to the internet.

Later if the Namecoin devs finishes the lightwieght client we can also support that or adding support of local namecoind would not be hard.

There is an alternative version that uses DnsChain servers to resolve the domains, but the default solution is faster because you have the domains stored locally.
(from https://www.reddit.com/r/zeronet/commen ... in_latest/)

Maybe it's not yet perfectly secure but it seems to work well. I like it :mrgreen:
I'm looking into adding support to NMControl; just been busy lately.
Jeremy Rand, Lead Namecoin Application Engineer
NameID: id/jeremy
DyName: Dynamic DNS update client for .bit domains.

Donations: BTC 1EcUWRa9H6ZuWPkF3BDj6k4k1vCgv41ab8 ; NMC NFqbaS7ReiQ9MBmsowwcDSmp4iDznjmEh5

somename
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Re: ZeroNet added Namecoin .bit support

Post by somename »

anjdele wrote:This is very interesant.
I have downloaded, unpacked, started. ZeroNet now works for me.
I did not understand how I can go for example to nx.bit?
http://127.0.0.1:43110/goto.bit

Assuming the owner of goto.bit configured a site to use .bit.
The details are in the docs (https://zeronet.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq/).

haiqu
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Re: ZeroNet added Namecoin .bit support

Post by haiqu »

anjdele wrote:This is very interesant.
I have downloaded, unpacked, started. ZeroNet now works for me.
I did not understand how I can go for example to nx.bit?
No server at nx.bet

Try this one: http://dotbitkittypix.bit/

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