Re: [GNUnet-developers] GNS domains

[Martin Schanzenbach]

On Mon, 2017-02-20 at 18:29 +0100, Christian Grothoff wrote:
> On 02/20/2017 10:21 AM, hellekin wrote:
> > On 02/18/2017 04:45 PM, Christian Grothoff wrote:
> > > I think it would be ideal if we didn't just "have" the domains,
> > > but if
> > > we had someone running an FCFS (or other policy) registration
> > > service
> > > for GNS there, and possibly a dns2gns bridge, as you
> > > envisioned.  So if
> > > we had volunteers that could envision doing so in the future, I'd
> > > say
> > > that's a good reason to retain the domains.  So anyone here who
> > > has
> > > plans of becoming a public service registrar for the GNU Name
> > > System?
> > > 
> > 
> > If you need such a service, then GNUnet e.V. should take the
> > domains.
> > Whoever is going to run the service should be technical contact,
> > not
> > registrant nor administrative contact. I.e., asking to volunteers
> > to
> > take charge of the domains is a bit abusive, as they're already
> > giving
> > their attention.
> 
> I'm confused here, who else could be the contact here, but some
> volunteer?
> 
> > That said, throwing money at DNS rent might not be the best option
> > to
> > support a post-DNS project :)
> 
> The same sentiment was repeatedly voiced by several people from the
> GNUnet e.V.-Vorstand, basically echoing your point that GNUnet e.V.
> should simply not be in the business of throwing money at DNS, and
> that
> we can do all we need to do under gnunet.org.
> 
> So maybe we keep it simple and let Martin and Amatus do as they see
> fit
> as individuals with the names tg wanted to part with. That said, I
> personally would not mind if they anyway use GNUnet e.V's mailing
> address to obscure their personal address in whois.
> 
I completely agree. I do not see the need to have more than 1 domain
for the e.V. (gnunet.org) especially if that means spending 60euro/y.

However, I do think it would be nice if this discussion could lead into
a reboot of fcfs/pin with a nicer makeup and maybe the possibility to
trade names. Also a dns2gns gateway under pin.gnunet.org would be
pretty nice.

BR
Martin

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