[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst

[Tuomas J. Lukka]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Branch:         
Changes by:     Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden>        03/11/10 03:59:58

Modified files:
        pointers       : article.rst 

Log message:
        Tighten Freenet

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.185&tr2=1.186&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.185 
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.186
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.185      Mon Nov 10 03:57:47 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst    Mon Nov 10 03:59:58 2003
@@ -287,16 +287,14 @@
 
 *Freenet*, a P2P network for anonymous publication [freenet-ieee]_,
 was originally planned to have an
-update mechanism where the network would remember
-the current version of a document, and update this information
-when receiving a message signed by the appropriate key.
+advanced, digital-signature-based update mechanism.
 However, in practice,
-Freenet has a rather peculiar combination 
+Freenet currently uses a rather peculiar combination 
 of two workarounds [freenetfaq]_.
 In date-based updating, the URI for the current version
 is formed by concatenating a document's id with the current date;
-this requires publishers to insert versions of their document
-every day, otherwise they will not be accessible.
+the publisher has to insert a version of their document
+every day or it will not be accessible.
 In edition-based updating, a version's URI is the document's id
 concatenated with a version number. Version ``n`` then links to 
 version ``n+1`` using an ``<img>`` link. The image will not show until
@@ -306,6 +304,10 @@
 In Freenet, files only stay online as long as they are
 requested regularly; keeping a copy on your harddisk
 does not keep a page alive.
+
+..  update mechanism where the network would remember
+    the current version of a document, and update this information
+    when receiving a message signed by the appropriate key.
 
 *CFS* [dabek01widearea]_
 is a file system based on Chord [stoica01chord]_, storing