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# Line 550  spoken by all clients and servers. Line 550  spoken by all clients and servers.
550     an issue as the pointer records' signatures could be validated.     an issue as the pointer records' signatures could be validated.
551    
552  The peer-to-peer Web we propose would use  The peer-to-peer Web we propose would use
553  random-looking, semantic-free identifiers; arguments for this  semantic-free identifiers; arguments for this
554  are discussed in [balakrishnan03semanticfree]_.  are discussed in [balakrishnan03semanticfree]_.
555    
556  **A distributed wayback machine.**  **A distributed wayback machine.**
557  A surprising benefit of pointer records is that  One benefit of pointer records is that
558  a file-shared web would *automatically* work  a file-shared web would *automatically* work
559  as an enormous, distributed wayback machine.  as an enormous, distributed wayback machine.
560  As long as anyone has a copy of a particular version  As long as anyone has a copy of a particular version
# Line 562  of a web page, everybody can retrieve it Line 562  of a web page, everybody can retrieve it
562  To ensure archival, libraries or other institutions  To ensure archival, libraries or other institutions
563  could easily make a P2P network of servers  could easily make a P2P network of servers
564  ensuring that all relevant blocks  ensuring that all relevant blocks
565  would be archived. Unlike with the Wayback Machine,  would be archived. Unlike with the Wayback Machine [waybackmachine]_,
566  there would be no difficulty in setting up or accessing  there would be no difficulty in setting up or accessing
567  the system because it could use the exact same technologies  the system because it could use the exact same technologies
568  as the rest of the file-shared web, simply configured slightly  as the rest of the file-shared web, simply configured slightly

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