Post #2175090
2023-03-30 05:01 UTC
@hallam@infosec.exchange
The question is whether callsigns are an intrinsic part of the system or optional.
Maybe callsigns are needed in credible or authenticated namespace but are optional for the vast number of us who aren't special.
https://callsigns/hallam might convey special powers or capabilities, but 99% of us mere mortals don't have such capabilities. So why burden everyone with callsigns?
Thus your reverse DNS idea. RWSHZ... claims callsigns/hallam, but callsigns confirms or denies.
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@markd@hachyderm.io 2023-03-30 05:05
@hallam@infosec.exchange For me, I'm happy to post here as @markd@hachyderm.io and couldn't care less whether anyone believes my "callsign" or not. And most readers don't care anyway. But in another forum @hallam might need to present serious credentials as proved by https://callsigns so you go to the trouble of supplying credentials and getting validated. But that's a 1% activity. What the callsigns website does is provide the "reverse DNS" confirmation that your claim to @hallam in their namespace is valid.