[CPWG] Fwd: [Policy] Name Space Fragmentation

[gopal]

Thank you Olivier.
A related article "Ethereum Name Service: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" at:
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2104.05185
As you would appreciate, mapping "human - readable names" to "machine processable format" is a known challenge. Centralization Vs Decentralization or Distributed is also a known challenge. It has been nice interacting with you on the Root Zone Servers.


There are several alternatives to Ethereum Name Service (ENS) such as Unstoppable Domains that allows users to register .crypto domains on the Ethereum and Zilliqa blockchains.


I draw good lessons from the "Web Services" that introduced  Universal Description, Discovery and Integration [UDDI] based on XML. ENS is a bit more closer to the Server than this approach. Many such ideas have to coexist with DNS. ENS is a specific structuring of connecting names.


Your thoughts...


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Subject: [CPWG] Fwd: [Policy] Name Space Fragmentation

Hello all,

a while ago we had discussions about name space fragmentation as well as blockchain-based name services. One of the members of ISOC UK England recently held a Zoom call that he then recorded on YouTube and I have found the discussion useful - so please find a link below.
Kindest regards,

Olivier


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Subject:        [Policy] Name Space Fragmentation
Date:   Fri, 1 Dec 2023 12:25:49 +0000
From:   Andrew Campling <andrew.campling at 419.consulting><mailto:andrew.campling at 419.consulting>
To:     ISPA Policy Team <policy at ispa.org.uk><mailto:policy at ispa.org.uk>, policy at lists.isoc-e.org<mailto:policy at lists.isoc-e.org> <policy at lists.isoc-e.org><mailto:policy at lists.isoc-e.org>



Noting the focus of the ISoc community in preventing Internet fragmentation generally, the potential risk of fragmentation of the Internet’s name space, the Domain Name System (DNS), will be of interest.



I was joined on Monday by Georgia Osborn and Nathan Alan of the DNS Research Federation.  They gave a presentation on blockchain-based name services and whether they posed a threat to the DNS, after which we had a very useful Q&A session.  You can catch a recording of the discussion plus associated information links at https://419.consulting/encrypted-dns/f/with-blockchain-based-name-services-is-the-dns-obsolete.





Andrew


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