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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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Using a DNS SRV record instead of a DNS TXT record —

To make it so you can change the TCP-port and host of a finger-protocol request —

Seems like a reasonable modification to what I was proposing.

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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The finger-protocol could make use of DNS TXT records.

You could use it to change the TCP-port connected to for a finger-request.

You could use it to change the host connected to for a finger-request.

This has a lot of potential!

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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The finger-protocol could make use of DNS TXT records.

You could use it to change the TCP-port connected to for a finger-request.

You could use it to change the host connected to for a finger-request.

This has a lot of potential!

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#dns #dnstxt #finger #fingerhole #fingerprotocol #fingerverse #SmallInternet #smallnet #SmallWeb #SmolInternet #smolnet #smolweb

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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Why is Gemini?

I have seen more than one person ask that question recently.

So here is a thread explaining — what Gemini is.

But I need to give a bit of historical context to make Gemini make more sense.

Here goes —

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What is Gemini?

I have seen more than one person ask that question recently.

So here is a thread explaining — what Gemini is.

But I need to give a bit of historical context to make Gemini make more sense.

Here goes —

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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The should move away from Internet domain names.

At least as the primary way of addressing content.

Internet domain names —

• can expire,
• can be taken away from you,
• cost you money each year.

This results in URLs breaking — which contributes to one of the scourges of the Internet — Link-Rot 🔗

We are loosing large parts of human culture , human knowledge, and human history as a result of this!

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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The should move away from Internet domain names.

At least as the primary way of addressing content.

Internet domain names —

• can expire,
• can be taken away from you,
• cost you money each year.

This results in URLs breaking — which contributes to one of the scourges of the Internet — Link-Rot 🔗

We are loosing large parts of human culture , human knowledge, and human history as a result of this!

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#SmallInternet #smallnet #SmallWeb #SmolInternet #smolnet #smolweb

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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Do you want to create your own Mercury browser, or server? —

Mercury Protocol + TLS = Gemini Protocol

Use this library —

go-hg — provides ☿ Mercury Protocol client and server implementations, for the programming language.

github.com/reiver/go-hg

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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GitHub - GitHub - reiver/go-hg: Package hg provides ☿ Mercury Protocol client and server implementations, for the Go programming language.

Do you want to create your own Mercury browser, or server? —

Mercury Protocol + TLS = Gemini Protocol

Use this library —

go-hg — provides ☿ Mercury Protocol client and server implementations, for the programming language.

github.com/reiver/go-hg

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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Mercury Protocol + TLS = Gemini Protocol

go-hg — provides ☿ Mercury Protocol client and server implementations, for the programming language.

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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You could use as a mirror & a CDN —

The type of request many are used to —

finger joeblow@example.com

I.e., ask "example.com" for joeblow's content.

But you could request someone else's from a different server with:

finger joeblow@example.com@changelo.gca

I.e., ask "changelo.ca" for the content for "joeblow" from "example.com".

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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You could use as a mirror & a CDN —

The type of request many are used to —

finger joeblow@example.com

I.e., ask "example.com" for joeblow's content.

But you could request someone else's from a different server with:

finger joeblow@example.com@changelog.ca

I.e., ask "changelog.ca" for the content for "joeblow" from "example.com".

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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I heavily used back in the 1990s.

People are starting to use finger again!

The new finger community should be open to creating new ‘switches’.

For example “/PULL”, “/PUSH”, “/BANANA”, etc.

You could even make ‘switches’ that look like file & directory paths — “/path/to/a/file.ext”.

(Finger ‘switches’ are recognized by starting with slash (“/”).)

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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I heavily used back in the 1990s.

People are starting to use finger again!

The new finger community should be open to creating new ‘switches’.

For example “/PULL”, “/PUSH”, “/BANANA”, etc.

You could even make ‘switches’ that look like file & directory paths — “/path/to/a/file.ext”.

(Finger ‘switches’ are recognized by starting with a slash (“/”).)

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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RFC-742 & RFC-1288 were always about just documenting what existing software was already doing.

I.e., the people who created the clients, servers, and other software (as well as the people who decided to use it) lead — and creating an updated specification comes later.

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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RFC-742 & RFC-1288 were always about just documenting what existing software was already doing.

I.e., the people who created the clients, servers, and other software (as well as the people who decided to use it) lead — and creating an updated specification comes later.

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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Two specifications were created for the :

• (published in 1977)
• (published in 1991)

Neither of them were about creating the finger-protocol.

The finger-protocol existed and was evolving AT LEAST 6 YEARS BEFORE the IETF RFC-742 specification was written!

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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Two specifications were created for the :

• (published in 1977)
• (published in 1991)

Neither of them were about creating the finger-protocol.

The finger-protocol existed and was evolving AT LEAST 6 YEARS BEFORE the IETF RFC-742 specification was written!

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#fingerprotocol #ietf #rfc742 #rfc1288 #finger #fingerhole #fingerverse #SmallInternet #smallnet #SmallWeb #SmolInternet #smolnet #smolweb

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: · @reiver
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One way the could be extended —

Creating new ‘switches’ —

(I.e., creating new finger-protocol request ‘switches’, in addition to the “/W” (i.e., ‘whois’) switch — )

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