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 > -- > Rebecca MacKinnon > Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation > Co-founder, Global Voices > Author, Consent of the Networked > Cell: +1-617-939-3493 > Blog: RConversation.blogs.com > Twitter: @rmack > >