Names and content you can verify
When you open a .eth name or an ipfs:// address, Orivon does not take a server's word for what
you get. It checks the answer on your machine. Servers still deliver the data; none of them is
believed.
.eth names
A .eth name is resolved by Helios, an Ethereum light client
that runs inside Orivon. It follows the chain from a checkpoint shipped with each release and proves
the name's record against it. No RPC provider is trusted to tell the truth.
Addresses ending in .eth.limo or .eth.link, which other browsers reach through a gateway, open
in Orivon as the real .eth name.
IPFS and IPNS
ipfs:// and ipns:// addresses load block by block, and every block is hashed against its
content identifier (CID) before it is used. DNSLink records are followed. Gateways are trusted to
deliver bytes, never to be right about them.
What a server can and cannot do
| A server can | A server cannot |
|---|---|
| Refuse to answer, or answer slowly | Hand you a wrong name record unnoticed |
| See which name or content you asked for | Hand you a wrong byte unnoticed |
In short: servers can withhold, not lie. The root of trust is the chain checkpoint that ships with each release.
What the servers learn
Verification is about correctness, not anonymity. The servers that answer still see what they are asked:
- the RPC servers learn the
.ethnames you open; - the IPFS gateways learn the content you fetch;
- for some names, a DNS-over-HTTPS resolver or the name's own resolver learns the name.
Settings > Web3 lists every server involved and what each one learns.
When the light client runs
It starts when you open or type a .eth address and stops about ten minutes after the last one.
It also runs once shortly after launch when its newest checkpoint is more than seven days old.
Settings > Web3 > Verify .eth names on this computer switches it off, from the next start.
With it off, no .eth name loads: Orivon does not fall back to trusting a server.
What it proves for you
Every verified load feeds the Web3 Score in the address bar, so you can see at a glance whether a page came from somewhere you can check.