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> I think something that is overlooked in this discussion is the idea that names must be unique. If we relax this constraint, the solution space opens up signif
by webmaven 4y ago
> I think something that is overlooked in this discussion is the idea that names must be unique. If we relax this constraint, the solution space opens up significantly.
Hmm. At some point, a user agent would need to disambiguate between competing identical names somehow (at least for the sort of names that identify global internet resources). Are you assuming the existence of a web-of-trust of some sort as an arbiter?
- politician 4y agoWell, at some point the end-user will have to make a judgement call about the authenticity of the server they're interacting with, but that is no different from what happens now.