On 7/5/05, Bob Wyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tim Bray wrote: > > Still -1, despite Bob's arguments, at least in part because we have > > no idea what kind of applications are going to be using signed > > entries and we shouldn't try to micromanage a future we don't > > understand. -Tim
-1 as well. > What is the utility of signed entries if not to facilitate the > copying of entries between feeds? Why sign individual elements unless they > are likely to be removed from their original context? If entries are not to > be copied, then feed signatures are all that is necessary and would result > in smaller, more bandwidth-efficient feeds. Here are two uses: 1.) Calculate a signature for each entry once, but vary the number of entries in a feed. 2.) Pass through a signature received via Atom Protocol. Robert Sayre
