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Gargoyle firmware now resolves .bit domains by default
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:13 am
by ericpaulbishop
Hi, I'm the author of
Gargoyle router firmware, which is an open-source alternative firmware for wireless routers similar to DD-WRT. I just wanted to let you know that the latest experimental version of Gargoyle, v1.5.2, ships with a dnsmasq configuration that allows resolution of NameCoin(.bit) domains by default. All hosts behind a router running Gargoyle v1.5.2+ will be able to resolve .bit domains without any further configuration.
Re: Gargoyle firmware now resolves .bit domains by default
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:28 pm
by GDR!
This is really awesome news. Does it run namecoind on the rotuer? What about memory usage?
Re: Gargoyle firmware now resolves .bit domains by default
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:01 pm
by ericpaulbishop
No, it's not running namecoind on the router -- unfortunately both flash (disk) space and memory usage make this prohibitive.
Right now it just hard-codes the existing DNS server IPs into the dnsmasq configuration. However, if anyone has an idea how to do this in a more robust way within the constraints of typical consumer routers (which are typically very limited) I would be very interested in that. It's possible to extend flash space/ memory using an external USB drive, but only some routers support this, and I'd rather not make that a requirement to resolve .bit domains, because the amount of work/technical know-how to set it up is prohibitive for most people.