[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst

[Tuomas J. Lukka]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Changes by:     Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden>        03/02/15 14:55:43

Modified files:
        storm          : article.rst 

Log message:
        twids

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/storm/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.219&tr2=1.220&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/storm/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/storm/article.rst:1.219 manuscripts/storm/article.rst:1.220
--- manuscripts/storm/article.rst:1.219 Sat Feb 15 14:53:24 2003
+++ manuscripts/storm/article.rst       Sat Feb 15 14:55:43 2003
@@ -857,14 +857,15 @@
 alternative versions have been consolidated, a pointer block
 obsoleting both consolidated previous versions is created.
 
+Currently, the pointer mechanism
+works only between trusted Storm pools, e.g.
+in a workgroup collaborating on a set of documents.
 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.
+It is not yet clear how to do this,
+but digital signatures of pointer blocks seem promising.
 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.
+found useful [anderson98erl]_. 
 
 .. digital signatures require a public key infrastructure
    and a trusted timestamping mechanism, which
@@ -880,7 +881,7 @@
 
 While we think that alternative current versions are useful for
 asynchronous collaboration, they aren't well suited to Web-like publishing.
-For this, a different system may be practical, where pointer blocks
+For this, a different system may be practical, where digitally signed pointer 
blocks
 store a target and a timestamp; when resolving a pointer, the newest
 pointer block for that pointer would then be selected.