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- 12 new entries as they relate to Kovri - They're mostly needed to satisfy the address book entry References monero-project/monero-site#155
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layout: moneropedia
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entry: "Canonically-unique host"
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tags: ["kovri"]
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terms: ["canonically-unique-host"]
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summary: "A host that is canonically resolved to an address or set of addresses"
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---
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### The Basics
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A canonically-unique host is a [FQDN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FQDN) that will canonically resolve to a designated address or set of addresses. Not to be confused with a @locally-unique-host.
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### In-depth information
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A canonically-unique host is defined by remote authoritative sources; usually through [DNS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS). When resolving a peer's hostname, you will most likely use an external source for resolution unless have the following implemented:
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- a database file similar to a [hosts file](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/etc/hosts)
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- an internal-network resolver (which eventually pulls from external sources)
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### Notes
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- Monero primarily uses @canonically-unique-host resolution while @I2P only uses @locally-unique-host resolution.
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- @I2P's and @Kovri's assigned top-level domain is currently `.i2p` and @Kovri intends to only process/use the `.i2p` [top-level domain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_level_domain)
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