Re: [GNUnet-developers] Goodbye ".gnu"

[Schanzenbach, Martin]

AAh. Now I get it ;)

> On 4. Mar 2018, at 14:03, Christian Grothoff <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On 03/04/2018 01:57 PM, Schanzenbach, Martin wrote:
>>> I don't understand how you can delegate TLDs.
>>> In GNUnet currently we have identities (=local namespaces).
>>> As I understand it, those are now the TLDs handled locally via GNS.
>>> How can I delegate a TLD to another entity such as "de"?
> 
> $ gnunet-config -s gns | grep ^\\.
> .pin = DWJASSPE33MRN8T6Q0PENRNBTQY0E6ZYGTRCDP5DGPBF2CRJMJEG
> 
> This works like a PKEY record for the root zone, delegating ".pin" to
> the zone operated by gnunet.org
> 
>>> If I add a new identity called "de", then _I_ must populate that namespace. 
>>> I cannot delegate it anymore.
> 
> Correct. As I wrote, there are two ways to do this:
> (1) you create an identity ("de"), then you have the private key and
>    must populate
> (2) you create a configuration file entry mapping TLD to public key,
>    then someone else is granted control.
> 
> Basically, in scenario (2) your configuration file overrides the IANA
> root zone.
> 
> 


- Martin

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