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What happens if the DNS server happens to be unreachable This is not a problem with Namecoin, right? Traditional DNS has the exact same problem, namely general
by sliverstorm 13y ago
What happens if the DNS server happens to be unreachable
This is not a problem with Namecoin, right? Traditional DNS has the exact same problem, namely general intolerance to failure.
- GigabyteCoin 13y agoRight. Mainly because everybody who runs a full namecoin node will have access to the equivalent of a root name server: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_name_server http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_name_server
- sargun 13y agoMore like they will have access to the dot-bit TLD name servers.
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- tlrobinson 13y agoI don't think you understood my concern. The problem is if a signature stored in a legacy DNS record is used to verify a "registration" of a Namecoin domain, every Namecoin client needs to see the exact same "view" of that record, otherwise some Namecoin clients will consider it valid and some will consider it invalid, forking the Namecoin blockchain.
- sliverstorm 13y agoYou're right, I didn't pick up on that. Sorry.