[Cryptography] Preliminary review of the other Applied Cryptography

[tpb-crypto at laposte.net]

> Message du 12/04/14 04:07
> De : "Bear" 
> A : tpb-crypto at laposte.net
> Copie à : "Sandy Harris" , Joachim at Strombergson.com, "Cryptography" 
> Objet : Re: [Cryptography] Preliminary review of the other Applied Cryptography
>

> On Fri, 2014-04-11 at 01:41 +0200, tpb-crypto at laposte.net wrote:
> 
> > It won't be long before a clever P2P DNS system pops out and kills
> > everything related to the domain name and x509 system which clearly
> > doesn't serve us anymore and whose abandonment is long overdue.
> 
> Actually, a quite clever, well-secured P2P DNS system has been 
> created, and IMO ought to be known and used more widely. 
> 
> https://www.namecoin.org/
> 
> [...]

Although namecoin is a cool idea it lacks one thing ... why don't it carry the cryptographic keys to access the domains it offers, securely? Couldn't the public keys be embedded in its blockchain?

Namecoin could carry more than a mere naming system ... don't you think?