Support alternate DNS such as Namecoin/OpenNIC/etc

If TOR exit nodes could have support for alternate DNS such as .bit (NameCoin) and OpenNIC there could be secure anonymity on those networks as well.

https://github.com/namecoin/wiki/wiki http://www.opennicproject.org/

Please add support for DNS resolving of these alternate DNS.

changed milestone to %Tor: unspecified in legacy/trac

added alt-dns in Legacy / Trac component::core tor/tor in Legacy / Trac milestone::Tor: unspecified in Legacy / Trac needs-design in Legacy / Trac points::10 in Legacy / Trac priority::medium in Legacy / Trac prop279 in Legacy / Trac severity::normal in Legacy / Trac status::new in Legacy / Trac tor-client in Legacy / Trac tor-relay in Legacy / Trac type::enhancement in Legacy / Trac labels

Sounds pretty interesting. This is going to need a design proposal (see https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob_plain/refs/heads/master:/proposals/001-process.txt ) to figure out how best to signal support for alternative TLDs and for clients to use that information.

Trac:
Milestone: N/A to Tor: unspecified
Keywords: N/A deleted, alt-dns needs-proposal added

Namecoin rebooted development about a year ago and we are working on adding the following Tor related functionality:

• Hybrid UTXO+SPV lightclients;
• floating domain prices and non-trivial renewal fees;
• and transaction anonymity (possibly via CoinJoin or Zerocash).

We were planning on approaching the project regarding deeper integration in 2015 or 2016. However, Tor our is one of our most important use cases and we can deliver a fully capable, UTXO based lightclient relatively quickly.

The above feature list and timeline are based on informal discussions with Tor developers. Waiting for the above features mainly improves UX and makes it easier for domain owners to purchase domains anonymously. We are aware of recent research regarding the use of Bitcoin SPV clients over Tor and are working on the SPV threat model for Namecoin (which is slightly different).

It is also not yet clear what the best method is for transaction anonymity. We will support CoinJoin and similar techniques soon, however, Zerocash may provide a more robust solution. We will adopt Zerocash or a similar solution once a clear winner emerges.

Trac:
Username: indolering

Closed legacy/trac#17040 (moved) as a duplicate of this.

Trac:
Sponsor: N/A to N/A
Reviewer: N/A to N/A
Severity: N/A to Normal

See proposal 279 for the start of a design here.

Trac:
Points: N/A to 10
Keywords: alt-dns needs-proposal deleted, alt-dns tor-client tor-relay needs-design prop279 added
Summary: Support alternate DNS such as Namecoin/OpenNIC to Support alternate DNS such as Namecoin/OpenNIC/etc

changed time estimate to 80h

mentioned in issue legacy/trac#17040 (moved)

moved from legacy/trac#10747 (moved)

added Feature label and removed 1 deleted label

added Client Relay Research labels and removed 1 deleted label

Closing in favor of proposal 279.

closed