On 5/19/06, Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote: > I propose: > - We implement a Simple Revocable Key wrapper. This is simply a USK, > with the prefix being SRK instead of USK, and where we check for > SSK@<pubkey>/revoked. If this exists we return a permanent redirect to > it, instead of the data to be returned otherwise. > > This does not affect Metadata, and therefore does not imply long-term > maintenance; it is easy to use by e.g. ordinary freesite authors. It may > not be sufficient for FPI's needs for an official freesite, but it is > easy to implement. > > I will implement a proper RSK mechanism later, along the lines of what I > have outlined in my other email. > > SRKs and RSKs can reasonably coexist; few sites will need the full > capabilities of RSKs. > -- > Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org > Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ > ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEbiJzHzsuOmVUoi0RAv1mAJ4qOVN8LhXPQ5sjfj7C0KgzRW6UNwCfRIJW > eAVl1c/WxYNykM1PWoW/TQY= > =rMdl > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > >
Sounds like a good idea. I still like the RSK idea better tho. It's capable of doing the same thing by only giving yourself a key to revoke it but it takes longer to implement.
