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That's a horrific url though, any way to 'humanise' that?

by lcswi 11y ago

nicklaf 11y ago
From section 3.7.2 of the IPFS paper [1], on IPNS ("Human Friendly Names"): While IPNS is indeed a way of assigning and reassigning names, it is not very user friendly, as it exposes long hash values as names, which are notoriously hard to remember. These work for URLs, but not for many kinds of offline transmission. Thus, IPFS increases the user-friendliness of IPNS with the following techniques. [1] https://github.com/ipfs/papers/raw/master/ipfs-cap2pfs/ipfs-p2p-file-system.pdf https://github.com/ipfs/papers/raw/master/ipfs-cap2pfs/ipfs-...
robsyme 11y ago
I think so, yes. IPNS can bootstrap of DNS if you want. By adding a DNS TXT record of the form "dnslink=/ipfs/longhorriblehashhere", you can have paths like /ipns/example.com/2015/09/15/hosting-a-website-on-ipfs/. For example, the ipfs.io site is hosted on ipfs/ipns, and available through the gateway at https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipns/ipfs.io/ https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipns/ipfs.io/
_prometheus 11y ago
Yes. (IPFS author here) 1. Add a TXT record to DNS <domain> with: dnslink="/ipns/QmWGb7PZmLb1TwsMkE1b8jVK4LGceMYMsWaSmviSucWPGG" 2. should be able to use https://ipfs.io/ipns/<domain> https://ipfs.io/ipns/<domain> See it in action here: https://ipfs.io/ipns/ipfs.io https://ipfs.io/ipns/ipfs.io WARNING: IPNS is still under dev. it's not robust yet, convergence may not be perfect.
- RX14 11y ago
  Also - if I remember correctly - if you visit ipfs.io with the Host header set to foo.com, it will return /ipns/foo.com.
  - lgierth 11y ago
    Yes exactly, the IPFS daemon running there looks at the Host: header and uses it to build an `/ipns/<the-header>` path which it will resolve and respond accordingly.
- chipsy 11y ago
  How is "ownership" over a domain resolved?
  - lgierth 11y ago
    Just classic DNS -- you set a TXT record on that domain, and IPFS uses standard DNS resolution to get the value of it.
- viraptor 11y ago
  Is there any place I can track IPNS completeness? I've seen issues / PRs / commits related to this, but just wondering if I can find a single-page/issue tracker.
  - whyrusleeping 11y ago
    Just made an issue for this after seeing your comment: https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/1716 https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/1716 There should be some progress on ipns pretty soon, i'm working on a 'phase one' fix that improves upon the current situation, and will be replaced later by our final implementation once the specification and requirements for it are complete.

That's a horrific url though, any way to 'humanise' that?

by lcswi 11y ago

That's a horrific url though, any way to 'humanise' that?

From section 3.7.2 of the IPFS paper [1], on IPNS ("Human Friendly Names"): While IPNS is indeed a way of assigning and reassigning names, it is not very user friendly, as it exposes long hash values as names, which are notoriously hard to remember. These work for URLs, but not for many kinds of offline transmission. Thus, IPFS increases the user-friendliness of IPNS with the following techniques. [1] https://github.com/ipfs/papers/raw/master/ipfs-cap2pfs/ipfs-p2p-file-system.pdf https://github.com/ipfs/papers/raw/master/ipfs-cap2pfs/ipfs-...

robsyme 11y ago

I think so, yes. IPNS can bootstrap of DNS if you want. By adding a DNS TXT record of the form "dnslink=/ipfs/longhorriblehashhere", you can have paths like /ipns/example.com/2015/09/15/hosting-a-website-on-ipfs/. For example, the ipfs.io site is hosted on ipfs/ipns, and available through the gateway at https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipns/ipfs.io/ https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipns/ipfs.io/

_prometheus 11y ago

Yes. (IPFS author here) 1. Add a TXT record to DNS <domain> with: dnslink="/ipns/QmWGb7PZmLb1TwsMkE1b8jVK4LGceMYMsWaSmviSucWPGG" 2. should be able to use https://ipfs.io/ipns/<domain> https://ipfs.io/ipns/<domain> See it in action here: https://ipfs.io/ipns/ipfs.io https://ipfs.io/ipns/ipfs.io WARNING: IPNS is still under dev. it's not robust yet, convergence may not be perfect.

RX14 11y ago
Also - if I remember correctly - if you visit ipfs.io with the Host header set to foo.com, it will return /ipns/foo.com.
- lgierth 11y ago
  Yes exactly, the IPFS daemon running there looks at the Host: header and uses it to build an `/ipns/<the-header>` path which it will resolve and respond accordingly.
chipsy 11y ago
How is "ownership" over a domain resolved?
- lgierth 11y ago
  Just classic DNS -- you set a TXT record on that domain, and IPFS uses standard DNS resolution to get the value of it.
viraptor 11y ago
Is there any place I can track IPNS completeness? I've seen issues / PRs / commits related to this, but just wondering if I can find a single-page/issue tracker.
- whyrusleeping 11y ago
  Just made an issue for this after seeing your comment: https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/1716 https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/1716 There should be some progress on ipns pretty soon, i'm working on a 'phase one' fix that improves upon the current situation, and will be replaced later by our final implementation once the specification and requirements for it are complete.