Post B2sBgAmQZfx3IG5IvI by jpmens@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B2sBgAmQZfx3IG5IvI by jpmens@mastodon.social
2026-02-01T09:11:31Z
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Ever since /etc/hosts went out of fashion, things basically went south from there.
(DIR) Post #B2sBusSmxS8WpRuUvg by icing@chaos.social
2026-02-01T09:14:07Z
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@jpmens Only resolving your friends‘ hostnames is getting more attractive each year. 🙃
(DIR) Post #B2sButRlIkuRsYRBy4 by bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr
2026-02-01T09:24:59Z
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@icing @jpmens At the Social Web devroom, there were talks of "pet names", name resolution where you locally name resources **and** you can use friends' names and friends' friends' names.Example with a dummy syntax:mom (local name)alex!mom (not your mom)dennis!jane!dog (Jane's dog, you know, the Jane who is friend with Dennis)Fully decentralized.
(DIR) Post #B2sC19pxHAnwRwjzXs by jpmens@mastodon.social
2026-02-01T09:25:46Z
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@bortzmeyer @icing I approve of the UUCP-style names.
(DIR) Post #B2sC1B5wbDBkLpEH6e by bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr
2026-02-01T09:26:12Z
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@jpmens @icing I remember Multics.dennis>jane>dog
(DIR) Post #B2sC8Amo93kxQ9c7X6 by bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr
2026-02-01T09:27:30Z
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@jpmens @icing One of the reasons to use this syntax is that you can add to "pet names" things like"well-known roots" so everyone knows what icann!com!example means.
(DIR) Post #B2sCFzp2nCivjXOFqy by bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr
2026-02-01T09:28:55Z
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@jpmens @icing And it is important to note that "pet names" are only for name resolution, this syntax does not imply actual routing of the traffic. (Unlike UUCP, which mixed both).
(DIR) Post #B2sD3jGccPeErr0JMm by icing@chaos.social
2026-02-01T09:35:14Z
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@bortzmeyer @jpmens How then do I verify that I indeed talk to Jenni‘s dog who is not a friend of Denis?
(DIR) Post #B2sD3kY1rBAMq89j8a by bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr
2026-02-01T09:37:52Z
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@icing @jpmens Trust is transitive. You trust Dennis (it's in your local store), Dennis trusts Jane, etc. You decide how far this trust will go. (Possible improvment: a flag to say that a given node in your local store should not be followed.)
(DIR) Post #B2sDNLQaxg9Siv1Rjc by icing@chaos.social
2026-02-01T09:39:36Z
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@bortzmeyer @jpmens Yeah, I might not want to auto-trust all of jp‘s names…💁🏻♂️
(DIR) Post #B2sDNMC6749J6FFNmC by bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr
2026-02-01T09:41:15Z
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@icing @jpmens The good thing is that, from this syntax, you see clearly in the name if the name is known directly, through hearsay, or through very remote connections.