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okTurtles is one of several middleware options that runs on top of Namecoin, implementing the domain record spec. It advocates using someone else's trusted server as a data source, but does not at this time implement any integrity protection for data in transit.

http://www.freespeechme.org/ is a more mature and more secure.




> It advocates using someone else's trusted server as a data source

Wrong; it advocates using your own server, but proposes public servers for tests. Here's an excerpt of the README:

    DNSChain is meant to be run by individuals!

    Yes, you can use a public DNSChain server, but it's far  
    better to use your own because it gives you more 
    privacy, makes you more resistant to censorship, and 
    provides you with a stronger guarantee that the 
    responses you get haven't been tampered with by a 
    malicious server.


I must have either misremembered or it has been changed since I last looked, then.

It is still the case that using DNSChain will not get you validated SSL for .bit domains without additional software. It can serve DANE records, but the browser won't verify them and the existing browser extensions for adding DANE support require DNSSEC which DNSChain does not provide.


> It is still the case that using DNSChain will not get you validated SSL for .bit domains without additional software.

Yes, just like FreeSpeechMe it the SSL validation will initially work via a browser extension, but unlike FSM (heh) it does not carry the additional baggage of requiring you to run a Namecoin node on your [phone/laptop/etc.].




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