Sounds good!

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Hi, all! :)
	I had thought of setting up some kind of thing like this, but I only had a
general concept. This sounds fairly well thought out and is far superiour to
my idea. I like it! :) Does anyone else out there (possiblely with experiance 
in dealing with NS issuses like this) have input on wiht's idea?

	-- Hezekiah

On Sunday, August 03, 2003 06:27, wiht wrote:
> I have had trouble falling asleep tonight, and as a result I had the idea
> described below. After thinking about it for some time, I have concluded
> that I2P (the Invisible Internet Protocol) will benefit from a naming
> service application (hereafter NS).
>
> As currently specified in the protocol, communication between two
> destinations can occur only if one knows how to contact the other. In other
> words, the first destination will have to know the second's IP address or
> hash to communicate. This information will have to be given to the first
> destination beforehand. What if the destination is not known, but I know
> that I want to contact a certain person and establish an instant messaging
> session?
>
> The NS application, running over the I2P network, would solve this problem.
> For example, user1 wants to speak with user2 via Instant Messenger. user1's
> IM client would look up user2 in a name server, and obtain the
> corresponding contact information. If user2 does not have IM capabilities,
> the NS would tell user1 this. Users (or entities, rather) who wanted to
> simplify being contacted by others would, at their option, register with a
> name server, where others could look them up. Now, instead of having to
> type in user2's IP address, user1 could type in "user2:im" as the
> destination to connect to (or "user2:www", as another example).
>
> The naming service would have several capabilities. Entities could register
> with it (possibly paying hashcash for the service), add records for
> services they provide at their destinations (IM, WWW, NS, etc.), and modify
> and delete these records. Records would be signed with an established
> public key so that only the entity establishing the record could modify it.
> A record would contain the following data:
>
> Name of the entity
> Public key for entity
> Hash( Destination ) for contact purposes
> List of services or applications one can connect to at that destination.
>
> If anything I said above is unclear, please ask questions. The idea needs
> development, but I believe that applications running over I2P would benefit
> from a NS application.
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