Namecoin: New Firefox with built in .bit resolution.

[AgoristRadio]

Looking for testers and spreading the word about this firefox with .bit resolving built in. Here is the story...

So I find this alt TLD company http://www.unifiedroot.com/

They make a closed source version of firefox called sundial:
http://www.sundialbrowser.com/en/download/other/?win32

I dl the linux version and see it is resolving all of their .trailer .dickhead tlds. No plugins, extensions, proxy settings etc.

So I grep the src/bins for tlds. nothing. then for their TLD roots.
http://www.unifiedroot.com/index.php/en/Technology/Root-System-and-Caching-Servers

Bingo.

Extra file libbind.so has them all internally and it is being called by standard libnspr4.so.

I binary search replace with one of the namecoin DNS mirrors:
perl -pi -e 's/93.88.144.138/94.231.81.244/g' libbind.so
Repeat to remove all of their root servers.

Restart firefox, go to nx.bit etc, works great.

Want the source code? Fat chance.

7.) Is it possible to have a copy of the Sundial Browser source code? The lamers FAQ reads:

http://www.sundialbrowser.com/en/support/technicalquestions/#parallel

Yes, please send us your personal information (name, address, phone (mobile) number, etc.) at contact@unifiedroot.com and clearly state the reason why you would like to have this information.

Try it out here:
http://metropipe.net/owncloud/public.php?service=files&t=31f35cb96254c0d0842d130c3989f1b2

[Stephen Gornick]

Want the source code? Fat chance.

Hm ... I wouldn't dare use that on a system that I might have a Bitcoin wallet on (or for anything other than a browsing-only VM perhaps), but that is need to see that you were able to hack it to make it work for .bit / namecoin.

More info:
 - http://www.sundialbrowser.com/en/aboutus/

[worldinacoin]

Cool!  Can you give us a few dot.bit extensions to try it out?

[shakezula]

Nice, thanks--I just registered a .bit last night, hasn't propagated yet. You can try dns.bit, its an easy one to get to.

[slothbag]

Why not install dnsmasq and use the server config option to redirect all .bit requests? its a simple one liner and then you get .bit resolution for your entire machine/network not just web browsing..  i've been using it for over a year, works great.

e.g. server=/bit/78.47.86.43

If you dont have anywhere to run dnsmasq, buy a raspberry pi and set it up on that.

[Vince Torres]

You can also add on the .bit firefox extension to your browser. @ http://namecoin.com

[phelix]

You can also add on the .bit firefox extension to your browser. @ http://namecoin.com

Nice. Is there a separate thread for that? Is it open source? Namecoin.com looks real good now!