Providing better confidentiality and authentication on the Internet using Namecoin and MinimaLT
This addresses security and performance issues for Internet users and applications, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing technologies like Namecoin and MinimaLT.
The paper tackles the broken authentication model and high overhead of TLS connections on the Internet by proposing improvements at both the application layer (replacing DNS) and transport layer (a TCP replacement over UDP). The result is a system designed to provide better confidentiality and authentication while maintaining compatibility with existing infrastructure.
In this paper, we introduce a duo of improvements for the Internet that would lead to better security. The authentication model on the Internet is broken and TLS connections have a considerable overhead. We try to address those issues with changes in both the application layer, discussing a replacement for the DNS system, and in the transport layer, a drop-in replacement for TCP built on top of UDP so that it can run on today's internet infrastructure.