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Here's an idea... what if search became a peer-to-peer standardized protocol that is part of the stack to complement DNS? E.g. instead of using DNS as the prim
by sixdimensional 6y ago
Here's an idea... what if search became a peer-to-peer standardized protocol that is part of the stack to complement DNS? E.g. instead of using DNS as the primary entry point, you use a different protocol at that level to do "distributed search". DNS would still play a role too, but if "search" was a core protocol, the entry point for most people would be different.
Similar to some of the concepts of "Linked Data", maybe - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_data.
The problem is getting to a standard, it would essentially need to be federated search so a standard would have to be established (de facto most likely).
Also, indexes and storage, distribution of processing load.. peer-to-peer search is already a thing, but it doesn't seem to be a core function of the Internet.
This is basically the same concept as making an "open" version of something that is "closed" in order to compete, I guess.
- wizzwizz4 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YaCy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YaCy