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revision 1.185 by tjl, Mon Nov 10 08:57:47 2003 UTC revision 1.186 by tjl, Mon Nov 10 08:59:58 2003 UTC
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288  *Freenet*, a P2P network for anonymous publication [freenet-ieee]_,  *Freenet*, a P2P network for anonymous publication [freenet-ieee]_,
289  was originally planned to have an  was originally planned to have an
290  update mechanism where the network would remember  advanced, digital-signature-based update mechanism.
 the current version of a document, and update this information  
 when receiving a message signed by the appropriate key.  
291  However, in practice,  However, in practice,
292  Freenet has a rather peculiar combination  Freenet currently uses a rather peculiar combination
293  of two workarounds [freenetfaq]_.  of two workarounds [freenetfaq]_.
294  In date-based updating, the URI for the current version  In date-based updating, the URI for the current version
295  is formed by concatenating a document's id with the current date;  is formed by concatenating a document's id with the current date;
296  this requires publishers to insert versions of their document  the publisher has to insert a version of their document
297  every day, otherwise they will not be accessible.  every day or it will not be accessible.
298  In edition-based updating, a version's URI is the document's id  In edition-based updating, a version's URI is the document's id
299  concatenated with a version number. Version ``n`` then links to  concatenated with a version number. Version ``n`` then links to
300  version ``n+1`` using an ``<img>`` link. The image will not show until  version ``n+1`` using an ``<img>`` link. The image will not show until
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305  requested regularly; keeping a copy on your harddisk  requested regularly; keeping a copy on your harddisk
306  does not keep a page alive.  does not keep a page alive.
307    
308    ..  update mechanism where the network would remember
309        the current version of a document, and update this information
310        when receiving a message signed by the appropriate key.
311    
312  *CFS* [dabek01widearea]_  *CFS* [dabek01widearea]_
313  is a file system based on Chord [stoica01chord]_, storing  is a file system based on Chord [stoica01chord]_, storing
314  data in a distributed hashtable (DHT). CFS identifies  data in a distributed hashtable (DHT). CFS identifies

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