So, basically, DNS+CA, with mob-rule for conflict resolution for both servers and clients.
I like it - it can be implemented along-side DNS, mirroring DNS entries where the owners will agree to create a key. A progressive take-over is possible, layered on top of existing services.
It's not really "p2p" in that it needs hosts that must still be large and unmovable, thus a target, but a definite improvement. I'd still like to see/find/come up with a way to make something as totally host-free as possible, but no doubt it'd be incredibly slow compared to a more centralized solution.
Actually I think that a Bitcoin-style approach would be better.
Basically just use something like Bitcoin's block chain, but store domain registrations instead of only transactions.
So you only get a domain if you can prove that you've send some computational power of your computer. In addition, once you've registered a domain and the registration is sufficiently far in the past, it is infeasible for an attacker to manipulate your domain due to the block chain (and the computational power required to attack or delete it).
I like it - it can be implemented along-side DNS, mirroring DNS entries where the owners will agree to create a key. A progressive take-over is possible, layered on top of existing services.
It's not really "p2p" in that it needs hosts that must still be large and unmovable, thus a target, but a definite improvement. I'd still like to see/find/come up with a way to make something as totally host-free as possible, but no doubt it'd be incredibly slow compared to a more centralized solution.