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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst
From: |
Benja Fallenstein |
Subject: |
[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:01:35 -0500 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Branch:
Changes by: Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden> 03/11/10 07:01:35
Modified files:
pointers : article.rst
Log message:
twid pointer records section
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.215&tr2=1.216&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.215
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.216
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.215 Mon Nov 10 06:54:30 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst Mon Nov 10 07:01:35 2003
@@ -369,12 +369,13 @@
a file including identification information for the pointer's owner,
the entity that has change control over the document.
This can be the owner's public key, or information about the CA
+(Certificate Authority)
from which the owner's current public key can be obtained.
-The charter also includes information
+The charter also includes information,
+e.g. a semantic-free random bitstring,
to distinguish the pointer from all other documents
-owned by the same entity, for example
-a semantic-free random
-bitstring.
+owned by the same entity.
+
To associate pointers with versions, our system uses *pointer records*:
small files that, similar to OceanStore's heartbeats,
@@ -392,10 +393,9 @@
peer-to-peer network; this could be a DHT, a flooding broadcasting
network like Gnutella [gnutellaurl]_, or any other P2P architecture.
-Contrary to other systems,
+Unlike in other systems,
pointer records are treated as *first-class citizens*;
-pointer records
-are simply normal data files
+they are normal data files
and may reside on (and be downloaded from) any host.
For example, a filesharing system could, for every versioned
file ``f``, store two companion files ``f.version``
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@
pointer records may be able to unify the namespaces
of different P2P systems in a similar way to hash-based identifiers.
Similar to searching different P2P networks in order
-to resolve a SHA-1 hash, you could search different networks
-to find pointer records for a document. A document
+to resolve an SHA-1 hash, you could search different networks
+to find pointer records for a particular document. A document
could be originally edited in OceanStore, then published
in Gnutella or a DHT-based system, using an anonymized system
like Achord [hazel02achord]_ if it contains controversial content.
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, (continued)
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- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
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- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
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- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10