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# Line 6  Storm: Using P2P to make the desktop par Line 6  Storm: Using P2P to make the desktop par
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7      \begin{abstract}      \begin{abstract}
8      Linking personal documents like we link Web pages is inconvenient      Linking personal documents like we link Web pages is inconvenient
9      enough that users rarely ever do it. A major reason is that      enough that users rarely if ever do it. A major reason is that
10      links break when documents are moved around or sent by mail.      links break when documents are moved around or sent by mail.
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12      We propose Storm, a storage system for use both on the      We propose Storm, a storage system for use both on the
13      desktop and the public network. Storm assigns each document      desktop and the public network. Storm assigns each document
14      a permanent URI when it is created. Using peer-to-peer      a permanent unique URI when it is created. Using peer-to-peer
15      technology, we can locate documents even though our URIs      technology, we can locate documents even though our URIs
16      do not include location information.      do not include location information.
17      Thus, links continue to work unchanged when documents are emailed      Thus, links continue to work unchanged when documents are emailed
18      or published on the network.      or published on the network.
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20      We have extended KDE and Netscape Communicator 4 to understand      We have extended KDE and Netscape Communicator 4 to understand
21      our experimental URIs. Most other systems can use Storm      Storm URIs. Other systems are able to use Storm
22      through an HTTP gateway.      through an HTTP gateway.
23      \end{abstract}      \end{abstract}
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# Line 97  Location-independent identifiers are not Line 97  Location-independent identifiers are not
97  In Freenet [freenet-ieee]_, an anonymous peer-to-peer  In Freenet [freenet-ieee]_, an anonymous peer-to-peer
98  publication system, *cryptographic hashes* [bakhtiari95cryptographic]_  publication system, *cryptographic hashes* [bakhtiari95cryptographic]_
99  are used to identify versions of documents. Hashes  are used to identify versions of documents. Hashes
100  are short, e.g. 20 bytes, yet it is extremely unlikely  are short, e.g. 20 bytes, yet it is practically impossible
101  that two different documents will ever have the same hash,  that two different documents will ever have the same hash,
102  making them ideal identifiers on the Web.  making them ideal identifiers on the Web.
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