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# Line 86  computer can find the linked document-- Line 86  computer can find the linked document--
86  harddisk, attached to another email, or on the  harddisk, attached to another email, or on the
87  public Internet.  public Internet.
88    
89    .. structure of this paper:
90    
91    
92    Related work
93    ============
94    
95  Systems like Lotus Notes [XXX], a popular database sharing  Systems like Lotus Notes [XXX], a popular database sharing
96  and collaboration tool, use location-independent,  and collaboration tool, use location-independent,
97  global identifiers to refer to documents.  global identifiers to refer to documents.
98    
99  .. Freenet's cryptographical identifiers:  .. Freenet's cryptographical identifiers:
100    
101  XXX  Freenet [freenet-andalso-freenet-ieee]_, a peer-to-peer
102    anonymous publication system, uses cryptographic
103    functions to generate location-independent identifiers.
104    
105    In Freenet, identifiers for specific versions of documents are
106    generated by the use of a *collision-free cryptographic
107    hash function* [XXX]. A hash function maps an arbitrary-length
108    input to a short, fixed-length output, e.g. 20 bytes.
109    
110    Hash functions are collision-free if it is
111    mathematically extremely unlikely that two documents
112    will ever be mapped to the same hash, making them
113    ideal to identify documents on the Web.
114    
115    Documents are identified by a public key.
116    Versions of the documents are then
117    digitally signed [XXX]_ using the corresponding
118    private key.
119    
120    However, finding a document on Freenet can be
121    quite slow, taking many seconds. This is not
122    acceptable for general Web publishing.
123    
124  .. non-breaking links seem not globally resolvable:  .. non-breaking links seem not globally resolvable:
125    
# Line 130  a DHT. Line 157  a DHT.
157  This, we believe, may be the most important result of peer-to-peer  This, we believe, may be the most important result of peer-to-peer
158  research with regard to hypermedia.  research with regard to hypermedia.
159    
 .. structure of this paper:  
   
160    
161  Storm  Storm
162  =====  =====
# Line 145  Storm Line 170  Storm
170    
171  .. web interface for searching etc.  .. web interface for searching etc.
172    
   
 Application integration  
 =======================  
   
173  - Konqueror and Netscape 4 understand Storm URNs  - Konqueror and Netscape 4 understand Storm URNs
174  - KDE programs can load from and save to Storm URNs  - KDE programs can load from and save to Storm URNs
175  - emacs can load from and save to http gateway  - emacs can load from and save to http gateway

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