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  • From: hal AT finney.org
  • To: bluesky AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: distributed immutable namespace
  • Date: 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




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