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  • From: Brandon <blanu AT uts.cc.utexas.edu>
  • To: Global-Scale Distributed Storage Systems <bluesky AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Naming via SDSI
  • Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 21:46:24 -0600 (CST)



> We already make enough errors just writing normal text. :)

Names like google, slashdot, and freenetproject are resistant to errors
in duplication.

> Whats so special about PGP figerprints BTW that allows them to
> tolerate errors?

You check a PGP fingerprint against a key. So if the fingerprint has
errors but not many then you can still trust it.






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