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Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS
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Christian Grothoff |
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Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS |
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Fri, 4 Nov 2016 19:02:19 +0100 |
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On 11/04/2016 06:46 PM, Martin Schanzenbach wrote:
>> > This summer I reported https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=4625
>> >
>>> > >
>>> > > For many kinds of applications we need to authenticate incoming
>>> > > connections as coming from a certain person or at least from a
>>> > > certain peer. The exit daemon is currently not providing a way to
>>> > > find out who is calling. Resolving the virtual IP number would be
>>> > > the most backward compatible method. Best if it resolves to the
>>> > > same "hostname" as the matching outgoing <nickname>.gnu, or even
>>> > > uses the same virtual IP as an outgoing VPN tunnel would use.
>> >
> Yes, this is what reverse resolution is for. The only thing you can
> know about the "caller" is his peerid/identity, at best.
> Now, the question is how you find a path from _your_ identities to that
> peer. The other way around not necessarily useful.
We need to distinguish:
* reverse resolution of a (VPN) IP address to GNS name
* reverse resolution of GNS Zone key to GNS name
You are both confusing / confounding the two. In my view, they are
likely to require very different methods to tackle.
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- [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS, carlo von lynX, 2016/11/04
- Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS, Martin Schanzenbach, 2016/11/04
- Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS,
Christian Grothoff <=
- Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS, Martin Schanzenbach, 2016/11/05
- Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS, carlo von lynX, 2016/11/05
- Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS, carlo von lynX, 2016/11/05
- Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS, Martin Schanzenbach, 2016/11/05
- Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS, carlo von lynX, 2016/11/05
- Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS, Martin Schanzenbach, 2016/11/05
- Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS, Christian Grothoff, 2016/11/05
- Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS, carlo von lynX, 2016/11/06
- Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS, Christian Grothoff, 2016/11/06
- Re: [GNUnet-developers] Reverse resolution of VPN/GNS, carlo von lynX, 2016/11/07