Re: [tor-dev] Prop279 and DNS

2017-04-23 Thread Jeremy Rand
George Kadianakis: > Hmmm, > > using DNS for the query/resolve part of the NS API might actually be a > reasonable approach for Tor. Prop279 is currently doing query/resolves > using stdin/stdout messages but people have rightly pointed out that > this sucks in mobile platforms: >https://l

Re: [tor-dev] Experimental Namecoin naming for Tor

2017-04-23 Thread meejah
Jeremy Rand writes: Hi, this sounds interesting! > This is all proof of concept for now; some or all of this code will be > rewritten later (hopefully to use the pluggable naming API instead of > the control port). If/when you *do* have code that speaks the proposed naming protocol over stdin/s

[tor-dev] Experimental Namecoin naming for Tor

2017-04-23 Thread Jeremy Rand
Hi, I've pushed some experimental code for using Namecoin naming in Tor. The code is at https://github.com/JeremyRand/OnioNS-client , you want the "namecoin" branch. Rough instructions: 1. Install Namecoin Core and let it fully download the blockchain. (SPV support is in the works.) 2. Enable