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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst
From: |
Benja Fallenstein |
Subject: |
[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:43:08 -0500 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Changes by: Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden> 03/02/15 14:43:08
Modified files:
storm : article.rst
Log message:
less about digital sigs
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/storm/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.215&tr2=1.216&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/storm/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/storm/article.rst:1.215 manuscripts/storm/article.rst:1.216
--- manuscripts/storm/article.rst:1.215 Sat Feb 15 14:35:30 2003
+++ manuscripts/storm/article.rst Sat Feb 15 14:43:08 2003
@@ -860,15 +860,16 @@
In a multi-user environment, we usually want only one user
or group to be able to publish official versions a document.
It is not yet clear how to do this.
-Signing pointer blocks digitally may be sensible, but
-digital signatures require a public key infrastructure
-and a trusted timestamping mechanism, which
-are hardly feasible for a system intended to be used
-for off-line as well as on-line work.
+Signing pointer blocks digitally may be sensible.
For long-term publishing, one-time signatures have been
found useful [anderson98erl]_. Currently, the pointer mechanism
works only in trusted Storm pools, e.g.
in a workgroup collaborating on a set of documents.
+
+.. digital signatures require a public key infrastructure
+ and a trusted timestamping mechanism, which
+ are hardly feasible for a system intended to be used
+ for off-line as well as on-line work.
The ability to retain multiple 'current' versions of a document
can be useful, for example when there is no time to consolidate
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, (continued)
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst,
Benja Fallenstein <=
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/02/15
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/02/17
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst, Toni Alatalo, 2003/02/17