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[GNUnet-SVN] r1588 - GNUnet-docs/WWW


From: grothoff
Subject: [GNUnet-SVN] r1588 - GNUnet-docs/WWW
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 19:12:20 -0700 (PDT)

Author: grothoff
Date: 2005-07-24 19:12:17 -0700 (Sun, 24 Jul 2005)
New Revision: 1588

Modified:
   GNUnet-docs/WWW/encoding.php3
Log:
fixes

Modified: GNUnet-docs/WWW/encoding.php3
===================================================================
--- GNUnet-docs/WWW/encoding.php3       2005-07-20 16:39:48 UTC (rev 1587)
+++ GNUnet-docs/WWW/encoding.php3       2005-07-25 02:12:17 UTC (rev 1588)
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@
 W("An <tt>NBlock</tt> is, simply speaking, an advertisement for a namespace.");
 W("The <tt>NBlock</tt> is supposed to contain metadata describing the content 
of the namespace, in particular the root of the namespace.");
 W("The format of an <tt>NBlock</tt> is almost the same as that of an 
<tt>SBlock</tt>.");
-W("In particular, the <tt>NBlock</tt> is signed using the pseudonym.");
+W("In particular, the <tt>NBlock</tt> is signed using the content provider's 
RSA private key.");
 W("By convention, the identifier of the <tt>NBlock</tt> must be chosen to be 
all-zeros.");
 W("This allows peers to search for <tt>NBlock</tt> in order to find out more 
about a namespace.");
 EP();
 
 H3("KNBlocks");
 BP();
-W("GNUnet implements <tt>KNBlocks</tt> which are <tt>KBlocks</tt> that instead 
of metadata and a file identifier contain an <tt>NBlock</tt> in plaintext.");
++W("GNUnet implements <tt>KNBlocks</tt> which are <tt>KBlocks</tt> that, 
instead of encrypting a CHK and metadata, encrypt an <tt>NBlock</tt> instead.");
 W("In other words, <tt>KNBlocks</tt> enable GNUnet to find <tt>NBlocks</tt> 
using the global keyword search.");
-W("The rationale behind <tt>KNBlock</tt>s and <tt>NBlock</tt>s is to enable 
peers to automatically discover namespaces and to associate useful information 
with the namespaces themselves.");
+W("The rationale behind <tt>KNBlock</tt>s and <tt>NBlock</tt>s is to enable 
peers to discover namespaces via keyword searches, and, to associate useful 
information with namespaces.");
 W("When GNUnet finds <tt>KNBlocks</tt> during a normal keyword search, it adds 
the information to an internal list of discovered namespaces.");
 W("Users looking for interesting namespaces can then inspect this list, 
reducing the need for out-of-band discovery of namespaces.");
 W("Naturally, namespaces can also be referenced from directories, but 
<tt>KNBlock</tt>s should make it easier to advertise namespaces for the owner 
of the pseudonym since they eliminate the need to first create a directory.");





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