Draft OpenID v.Next Discovery working group charter

[SitG Admin]

>I think you are confusing the underlying mechanism with the 
>top-level naming issues.  OpenID is the top-level mechanism.  Tor is 
>merely masking the means of getting /to/ the OpenID service.

*DNS* is the top-level mechanism, which OpenID (currently) utilizes 
as a first step. A hidden service running through Tor could easily be 
inaccessible through the public internet; no DNS entry, no IP 
address, not listening on any local port. (That's more than just an 
OpenID service whose means of access are "masked": it's an 
alternative means of access, period. You can't "find out" the real 
server behind its Tor address and use traditional DNS from then on; 
you can ONLY contact it through Tor, ever.)

You asked about non-DNS discovery mechanisms, correct? Tor sort of 
uses DNS, but certainly isn't the traditional "public" DNS, and there 
are "real world" questions there as well. So, what sort of answer it 
counts as is up to you.

-Shade