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===pds file===
===pdz file===
a .pds file has all records of a given domain. A pds client retrieves the file using a dht like kademlia, bittorrent. Users can also save such file in a specific folder
a .pdz file has all records of a given domain. A pds client retrieves the file using a dht like kademlia, bittorrent. Users can also save such files in a specific folder called pdz
 
<code>
<code>
name.scope.pds
name#scope@signer.pdz
</code>
</code>


[category:software]
[[category:software]]

Revision as of 02:54, 13 March 2011

peer domain system

A decentralized name resolution system which provides strong authentication and name conflict prevention.

single record

can be pasted on twitter, discussion forums, web pages and so on

#pdsr domain scope record-type value expiry-date signer digest

  • #pdsr magic string
  • domain is the name to be resolved
  • scope helps prevent name conflicts
  • record-type can be a, c
  • value can be an ip, standard dns name, other pds name

examples:

#pdsr openfarmtech 20110311 c openfarmtech.org 0 elifarley 2afqgwk6

  • expiry is optional
  • signer is optional

pdz file

a .pdz file has all records of a given domain. A pds client retrieves the file using a dht like kademlia, bittorrent. Users can also save such files in a specific folder called pdz

name#scope@signer.pdz