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a .  | 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  | ||
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name  | name#scope@signer.pdz  | ||
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[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