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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst
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Benja Fallenstein |
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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst |
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Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:39:51 -0500 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Branch:
Changes by: Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden> 03/10/27 10:39:51
Modified files:
pointers : article.rst
Log message:
more intro
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.17&tr2=1.18&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.17
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.18
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.17 Mon Oct 27 10:34:42 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst Mon Oct 27 10:39:51 2003
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@
is to be downloaded from. The URI of a page must never change,
even if it moves to a different server.
+Instead, identifiers must be *self-verifying*: after downloading
+an alleged version of a page from some server, it must be
+possible to *check* that it is really a version of that page.
+The simplest way to do this is to use a cryptographic hash
+to identify the content. After downloading the page, the client
+will check it against the cryptographic hash embedded in
+the page's identifier.
+
In 1996, Tim Berners-Lee [name-myth]_ argued that
using location-independent identifiers
is not viable on a global scale:
@@ -82,6 +90,12 @@
[balakrishnan03semanticfree-andalso-walfish03dns]_.
.. Proposal: A location-independent Web (closest thing is Freenet (ref))
+
+We propose, then, to build a location-independent Web
+based on self-verifying identifiers.
+
+The project that is currently closest to this goal is Freenet,
+a XXX
.. Benefits of hash-based addressing:
- Pages easily movable between servers
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, (continued)
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst,
Benja Fallenstein <=
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/10/27
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/10/29