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commit bcd7ef59ab7da21dc631ff78b07583b1e41a9cd8
Author: Dennis Neufeld <dennis.neufeld@students.bfh.ch>
AuthorDate: Mon Oct 19 15:56:51 2020 +0200

    reducer illustrations
---
 anastasis.rst                  |  47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
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 anastasis_reducer_recovery.png | Bin 0 -> 230078 bytes
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diff --git a/anastasis.rst b/anastasis.rst
index bb206db..e282b2f 100644
--- a/anastasis.rst
+++ b/anastasis.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ encrypting it with a **master key**.  The main objective of 
Anastasis is to
 ensure that the user can reliably recover the **core secret**, while making
 this difficult for everyone else.  Furthermore, it is assumed that the user is
 unable to reliably remember any secret with sufficiently high entropy, so we
-cannot simply encrypt using some other key material in posession of the user.
+cannot simply encrypt using some other key material in possession of the user.
 
 To uniquely identify users, an "unforgettable" **identifier** is used.  This
 identifier should be difficult to guess for anybody but the user. However, the
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ A **recovery document** includes all of the information a 
user needs to
 recover access to their core secret.  It specifies a set of **escrow
 methods**, which specify how the user should convince the Anastasis server
 that they are "real".  Escrow methods can for example include SMS-based
-verification, Video-identfication or a security question.  For each escrow
+verification, Video-identification or a security question.  For each escrow
 method, the Anastasis server is provided with **truth**, that is data the
 Anastasis operator may learn during the recovery process to authenticate the
 user.  Examples for truth would be a phone number (for SMS), a picture of the
@@ -334,9 +334,9 @@ capacity.
 
 
 
--------------
-Anastasis API
--------------
+------------------
+Anastasis REST API
+------------------
 
 .. _salt:
 
@@ -789,6 +789,43 @@ charge per truth operation using GNU Taler.
     }
 
 
+---------------------
+Anastasis Reducer API
+---------------------
+
+This section describes the Anastasis Reducer API which is used by client 
applications
+to store or load the different states the client application can have.
+
+
+Backup Reducer
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. figure:: anastasis_reducer_backup.png
+    :name: fig-anastasis_reducer_backup
+    :alt: fig-anastasis_reducer_backup
+    :scale: 35 %
+    :align: center
+
+    Backup states and their transitions.
+
+
+The illustration above shows the different states the reducer can have during 
a backup
+process.
+
+Recovery Reducer
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. figure:: anastasis_reducer_recovery.png
+    :name: fig-anastasis_reducer_recovery
+    :alt: fig-anastasis_reducer_recovery
+    :scale: 35 %
+    :align: center
+
+    Recovery states and their transitions.
+
+
+The illustration above shows the different states the reducer can have during 
a recovery
+process.
+
+
 .. _anastasis-auth-methods:
 
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