distributed immutable namespace
hal@finney.org
hal@finney.org
Wed, 7 Mar 2001 18:22:35 -0800
Adam Back writes:
> The idea is to try to create a global namespace
> collaboratively maintained by servers which audit each
> others behavior and compensate for rogue behavior in
> collaboration with client name server protocols.
>
> The aim is to create a namespace where Names are strictly
> first-come first served and persistent. Only the author
> who registers a key at the time he reserves the name is
> able to change the mapping.
That's an interesting idea, but isn't there a danger that a first-come
first-served policy will result in someone writing a script to reserve
all one-letter, two-letter, three-letter words etc. as fast as he can
generate keys?
Hal