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> GNS is based on the principle of a petname system and builds on ideas from the Simple Distributed Security Infrastructure (SDSI), addressing a central issue w
by als0 6y ago
> GNS is based on the principle of a petname system and builds on ideas from the Simple Distributed Security Infrastructure (SDSI), addressing a central issue with the decentralized mapping of secure identifiers to memorable names: namely the impossibility of providing a global, secure and memorable mapping without a trusted authority.
Great to see people learning from SDSI and SPKI, which have largely been forgotten despite their achievements.
- ryukafalz 6y agoAgreed. I've only recently been learning about capability and capability-like systems like SPKI, and there are lots of great ideas there that haven't gotten much attention since. It's refreshing to see them pop up in things like this!