[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst

[Tuomas J. Lukka]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Branch:         
Changes by:     Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden>        03/10/29 08:11:24

Modified files:
        pointers       : article.rst 

Log message:
        Pointer blocks

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.35&tr2=1.36&r1=text&r2=text

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Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.35 
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.36
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.35       Wed Oct 29 07:39:01 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst    Wed Oct 29 08:11:23 2003
@@ -365,7 +365,16 @@
 system relying only on the abstraction presented
 in the previous section.
 
+The PointerID is a combination of a public key of the
+owner of the pointer (possibly a certificate)
+and an indentifier. The association of the PointerID to
+a particular data block is specified by adding a special
+*pointer block* into the system, which contains
 
+- the PointerID
+- the block ID
+- a timestamp
+- (optionally) a list of pointer blocks *obsoleted* by this pointer block
 
 ..  - In this section, we discuss a particular way
       of implementing pointers (this is our main contribution)