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Boomkop3@reddthat.com 5 days agoHave you been living under a rock? Just allow me to register plebbbit.eth and make it simple steal user accounts then redirect to the actual website. This, and plenty of other tricks need to dealt with
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
You could do the same with DNS, nothing is stopping you from registering a similar domain name and doing the exact same thing. ENS doesn’t change anything with the attack, it merely exchanges registrars for a block chain.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com 5 days ago
Except dns requires proper registration, and has a place to report abuse, and those reports are actually acted upon. Moderation here is not preventative, it’s reactive.
Stop trying to justify this approach, a blockchain is cool but you’re really just monopolizing domain registration
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Oh, I think the approach is problematic, I just don’t think ENS is a major concern here. I don’t think you need DNS/ENS for this kind of service, nor do you need any form of blockchain.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com 5 days ago
Accurate, what would you do instead of dns though?