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  • From: Richard Clayton <richard AT highwayman.com>
  • To: Global-Scale Distributed Storage Systems <bluesky AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: a global fs
  • Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 12:11:05 +0100


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In message <>, Josh <josh AT mercuryfs.net> writes

>In an attempt to jumpstart this dead email list, I put forth the following
>statement:
>
>The essence of a global file system is a globally unique file identifier
>(file handle),

not always ... I can say "I'd like a copy of the PGP source please"

then, when a system (or a friend with email) delivers me a copy then I
will check that what I have received is acceptable by checking a
signature on the source. If I trust the signature then I will accept the
source as being valid. There may be many files with such a signature on,
and I may be happy to accept any of them.

>and a globally unique user identification/authentication
>method.

I can see no obvious requirement for this in a simple file system.

Many people think they want this for other reasons (political control or
money collection), but it doesn't have much to do with file handling.

>Nail those 2, and the rest is easy.

there's no evidence for this

>I'm not interested in anything other than technical responses.

the list is run for other reasons than just your benefit. Wait and see
whether a fruitful discussion comes along rather than just stirring.

- --
richard @ highwayman . com "Nothing seems the same
Still you never see the change from day to day
And no-one notices the customs slip away"


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