>>> As far as I can tell, all wavelet updates
>>> (ProtocolAppliedWaveletDelta) are signed by the federation host and
>>> not by the federation remote or the actual client.
>
> All deltas are signed by the wave server to which a client submits the
> delta, regardless of whether that wave server is the host of the
> wavelet. (see WaveServerImpl.submitRequest(final WaveletName
> waveletName, ProtocolWaveletDelta delta, final SubmitResultListener
> listener) in FedOne). In the current architecture, clients trust their
> service providers (i.e. wave servers) to correctly handle their data.
> The federation protocol deals with trust between servers.I expect one
> day we may support user signatures, but not at this point.

Ok, that clear's up one misconception :-)

>> However I can point out that a number of people on the sandbox have been
>> requesting the ability to sign/encrypt content so the recipients
>> can verify the validity of the data.
>
> Signing is supported, though there are a few bug fixes in the pipeline.

Does this mean that client signature of delta's is supported in the
sandbox but not FedOne?

-Tad

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