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If the Web worked like a filesharing system, there would be |
If the Web worked like a filesharing system, there would be |
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no central point of failure for a web page; a page could be downloaded |
no central point of failure for a web page; a page could be downloaded |
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from any host that has a copy. This would save bandwidth |
from any host with a copy. This would save bandwidth |
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and increase availability; pages would stay online as long as |
and increase availability; pages would stay online as long as |
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any user keeps a copy of them on their local harddisk. |
any user keeps a copy of them on their local harddisk. |
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Files could be |
Files could be |
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linked using permanent URIs based on the files' cryptographic |
linked using permanent URIs based on the files' cryptographic |
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hashes, as in [freenet-ieee-andalso-edonkey2kurl]_. |
hashes, as in [freenet-ieee-andalso-edonkey2kurl]_. |
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However, if the Web worked like |
However, if the Web worked this way, |
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a filesharing system, web pages could not be updated; |
web pages could not be updated; |
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a new version of a web page would have a different hash, |
a new version of a web page would have a different hash, |
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and thus a different URI. [#update]_ |
and thus a different URI. [#update]_ |
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