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Greg Slepak: The Turtle Crawl Towards Internet Decentralization
FromEpicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
Greg Slepak: The Turtle Crawl Towards Internet Decentralization
FromEpicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Jul 27, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Amidst all the discussion of alternative uses of blockchains, it is often forgotten that the very first fork of Bitcoin, Namecoin, pursued a daring vision for a decentralized, censorship-resistant internet. Greg Slepak, co-founder of the okTurtles Foundation joined us for an interesting discussion of DNS, Namecoin and how blockchains can be used to decentralize the internet.
Topics covered in this episode:
What DNS is and the role it plays in the architecture of the internet
What man-in-the-middle attacks are and why certificate authorities offer poor protection
How certificate authorities, SSL, IP routing and VPNs work
Why the current model is broken from a privacy and security perspective
How Namecoin and the blockchain could enable a decentralized and more secure internet
The security risks when online identity is tied to a private key and how they could be mitigated
What DNSChain is and what projects okTurtles is working on
Episode links:
okTurtles Foundation
Namecoin Primer
Namecoin Website
Airplane Wifi is not safe
DNSChain demo
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/089
Topics covered in this episode:
What DNS is and the role it plays in the architecture of the internet
What man-in-the-middle attacks are and why certificate authorities offer poor protection
How certificate authorities, SSL, IP routing and VPNs work
Why the current model is broken from a privacy and security perspective
How Namecoin and the blockchain could enable a decentralized and more secure internet
The security risks when online identity is tied to a private key and how they could be mitigated
What DNSChain is and what projects okTurtles is working on
Episode links:
okTurtles Foundation
Namecoin Primer
Namecoin Website
Airplane Wifi is not safe
DNSChain demo
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/089
Released:
Jul 27, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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