Hi, excelent pointer. This is not the only initiative, and I pointed
out this issue when answering to one of the election questions. From
my perspective, this is likely to gain momentum, and eventually, this
is s real threat to the ICANN's structure.

BR
NG

On 19 October 2011 17:16, Rebecca MacKinnon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/18/1247228/continuing-the-distributed-dns-system
>
> "Last year, piratebay co-founder Peter Sunde gathered coders to begin a
> decentralized dns system. This is a direct result of the increasing control
> which the US government has over ICANN. The project is called P2P-DNS and
> according to the project's wiki, this is how the project is described:
> 'P2P-DNS is a community project that will free internet users from imperial
> control of DNS by ICANN. In order to prevent unjust prosecution or denial of
> service, P2P-DNS will operate as a distributed and less centralized service
> hosted by the users of DNS. Today the project continues, barely. A majority
> of interest shifted to namecoin once the idea was realized, but coder Caleb
> James DeLisle continues on the first project. So far he has DHT nodes and
> routers worked out, and awaits help on his IRC channel whenever volunteers
> are willing to join."
>
> Interested in people's views on where these projects are going if anywhere
> and whether they are likely to gain traction, and if so under what
> circumstances, adn what it potentially means for non-commercial internet
> users, particularly activists, whistleblowers, and dissidents.
>
> Thanks.
> Rebecca
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