Author: toad Date: 2007-12-11 15:29:36 +0000 (Tue, 11 Dec 2007) New Revision: 16481
Modified: trunk/website/pages/en/faq.php Log: USKs not DBRs Modified: trunk/website/pages/en/faq.php =================================================================== --- trunk/website/pages/en/faq.php 2007-12-11 15:26:23 UTC (rev 16480) +++ trunk/website/pages/en/faq.php 2007-12-11 15:29:36 UTC (rev 16481) @@ -363,23 +363,10 @@ with the same name as one already present may actually serve to propagate the existing document. There is also currently no means of deleting a document from Freenet. Documents that are never requested are eventually removed through disuse.</p> -<p>One may employ a date-based redirect (DBR), though -- these are -evaluated according to the current time and date. A DBR with a -frequency of a day will point at a new target key every 24 hours. If -this new target is always inserted before the DBR rolls over, the -illusion of having the "same" document that is still updatable is -achieved. If nothing resides at the current target, it appears as if -the content were "deleted".</p> -<p>It should be noted, though, that by not going through the DBR -one can access the target corresponding to any time in the past (as -long as the content has not been "pushed out" to make room) or future -(as long as the content has been already inserted).</p> -<p>The problem is it is not clear how useful they are for documents -that change at irregular intervals. DBR sites, also, may not be -retired, as they will break soon, after future-dates insertions expire.</p> -<p>As of today, probably the best way for most cases is the use of "edition" publishing.</p> +<p>However, you can use an <a href="http://wiki.freenetproject.org/FreenetUSKPages";>Updatable Subspace Key (USK) +to provide a form of updatable freesite: your node will automatically look for later editions of +the site (after you visit it, or always if you bookmark it), and show you the latest version.</p> - <h2> Contribution answers </h2><p><b id="idea">I have this great idea....</b><br> Good! First step: read the <a href="/lists.html">mailing list archives</a>.
