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# Line 434  a p2p version of software upgrades Line 434  a p2p version of software upgrades
434  such as Debian's ``apt`` or Windows update,  such as Debian's ``apt`` or Windows update,
435  allowing large bandwidth savings.  allowing large bandwidth savings.
436    
437  An important feature of pointer records, due  An important advantage of pointer records, due
438  to the simple underlying block abstraction, is  to the simple underlying block abstraction, is
439  that it is possible to  that it is possible to
440  for example burn the new versions of packages  burn the new versions of packages
441  (and their pointers records) to a CD  (and their pointers records) to a CD
442  to take to a machine that is not connected  to take to a machine that is not connected
443  to a network. Because the versioning model only  to a network. Because the versioning model only
444  uses the pointer blocks as data, the software upgrade  uses the pointer blocks as data, the software upgrade
445  should simply work out in such a case.  should simply work out in such a case.
446    This advantage is not shared by for example the
447  XXX Onion ref?  versioning  onion networks model XXX.
 is also distributed - no central server needed  
 for distributor  
448    
449    
450  Implementation  Implementation

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