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The only "registry" today that is secure against such attacks is .bit. It uses a concept similar to Bitcoin, but instead of "mining" coins you get domain names.
by gst 15y ago
The only "registry" today that is secure against such attacks is .bit. It uses a concept similar to Bitcoin, but instead of "mining" coins you get domain names.
.bit is not available over the official root servers, to access .bit names you can:
1) Locally install a resolver for .bit
2) Use one of the nameservers on http://dot-bit.org/HowToBrowseBitDomains http://dot-bit.org/HowToBrowseBitDomains instead of your provider's nameserver
3) Use a domain that mirror's the .bit hierachy to resolve names, such as bitname.org
The nice thing about .bit is that there is no central authority, but at the same time the ownership of names is clearly defined.
- eli 15y agoBoy am I tired of hearing about bitcoins. .bit is different from popular domain registries in that your users actually use it. Also, it's hardly a new idea. if you want to host a web site that can't be shut down, I'd go with a Tor hidden service: https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-hidden-service.html.en https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-hidden-service.html.en
- gst 15y agoThe new idea about .bit is that you have a decentralized system able to securely assign names to different participants. With existing systems the name is basically the hash of a public key which is not really that easy to remember or to use.