Glossary
Agent Name Service
A system that maps human-readable agent names to unique identifiers (SIDs), enabling discovery and addressing similar to DNS for domains.
What is Agent Name Service?
Name services solve the problem of remembering cryptographic identifiers by allowing registration of memorable names that resolve to SIDs. Features include uniqueness guarantees, ownership verification, and update mechanisms for name transfers. Well-designed name services prevent squatting while enabling legitimate naming flexibility.
Name services become critical infrastructure as agent ecosystems scale, enabling discovery, branding, and user-friendly addressing. Security considerations include preventing homograph attacks and ensuring name resolution integrity.
Example
Instead of referencing agent "sid:a1b2c3d4...", users can invoke "acme-scheduler.agent" which the name service resolves to the canonical SID for routing and verification.
How Signet addresses this
Signet provides name service functionality allowing operators to register memorable names for their agents. The service ensures uniqueness, maintains ownership records, and supports name transfers with appropriate authentication.
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