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BlackCoffee 1y ago

Is there a reason we shouldn't do pubkey (ndns prefix) > IP resolution using browser extensions and relays?

Mobile browser support is poor but are there other reasons?

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sommerfeld 1y ago

Unless you configure relays using IPs, you still need DNS for initial seeding.

This is an issue with every DNS replacement, the bootstrapping requires classic DNS.

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frphank 1y ago

Nothing wrong with relay IPs.

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sommerfeld 1y ago

They can change, causing breakage

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frphank 1y ago

Yes but the new IP can be published "out of band". IP addresses (can) change rarely enough for that to be viable.

p2p networks like IPFS get bootstrapped by a couple of bootstrap peers only known by IP address.

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BlackCoffee 1y ago

Doh, ofc. Catch 22.