CVS update: openprivacy/htdocs

From: cvs@openprivacy.org
Date: Wed Dec 20 2000 - 14:18:56 PST

Date: Wednesday December 20, 19100 @ 14:18
Author: fen
CVSWEB Options: -------------------

Main CVSWeb: http://openprivacy.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi

View this module: http://openprivacy.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi/openprivacy/htdocs

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Update of /usr/local/cvsroot/openprivacy/htdocs
In directory openprivacy.org:/home/fen/projects/openprivacy/htdocs

Modified Files:
        opd.shtml
Log Message:
added "nym"

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File: openprivacy/htdocs/opd.shtml

CVSWEB Options: -------------------

CVSWeb: Annotate this file: http://openprivacy.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi/openprivacy/htdocs/opd.shtml?annotate=1.19

CVSWeb: View this file: http://openprivacy.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi/openprivacy/htdocs/opd.shtml?rev=1.19&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

CVSWeb: Diff to previous version: http://openprivacy.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi/openprivacy/htdocs/opd.shtml.diff?r1=1.19&r2=1.18

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Index: openprivacy/htdocs/opd.shtml
diff -u openprivacy/htdocs/opd.shtml:1.18 openprivacy/htdocs/opd.shtml:1.19
--- openprivacy/htdocs/opd.shtml:1.18 Wed Dec 20 14:04:46 2000
+++ openprivacy/htdocs/opd.shtml Wed Dec 20 14:18:56 2000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!--#include virtual="/includes/top.html"-->
 <!--#include virtual="/includes/navigation.html"-->
 
-<!-- $Id: opd.shtml,v 1.18 2000/12/20 22:04:46 fen Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: opd.shtml,v 1.19 2000/12/20 22:18:56 fen Exp $ -->
 
 <h3>OpenPrivacy Definition</h2>
 
@@ -55,25 +55,17 @@
   </li>
       <p>
   <li>
- <b>Reputation Server:</b>
- A Reputation Server is an agent that can respond to reputation
- requests such as <tt>setReputation()</tt> and <tt>getReputation()</tt>.
- </li>
- <p>
- <li>
- <b>Broker</b> or <b>Broadcatch</b>
- <a href="/bibliography.shtml#infomediary"><b>Infomediary</b></a><b>:</b>
- A broker is a reputation server that has added intelligence for some
- domain. Generally, a broker is capable of adding value to
- profile and reputation information by collecting, sorting, indexing,
- matching or otherwise enhancing connections between data.
- <i>Note: Brokers are built on top of the OpenPrivacy platform and
- therefore are generally outside the scope its requirements.</i>
+ <b>Nym:</b>
+ OpenPrivacy ensures privacy while enabling useful communications
+ through the use of strong, cryptographically secure pseudonyms, or
+ "nyms." The nyms are generally comprised of public key pairs
+ maintained by the user's Primary Agent, and allow for trust (or
+ "reputation") to accumulate over time and usage.
   </li>
       <p>
   <li>
       <b>Reputation:</b>
- Profile data, nyms, brokers and even reputations can accrue
+ Profile data, nyms, brokers and even reputations themselves can accrue
       <i>reputation capital</i> that has several useful properties:
       <dl>
         <dt>
@@ -92,6 +84,23 @@
             then A can reasonably trust C (within that domain).
         </dd>
       </dl>
+ </li>
+ <p>
+ <li>
+ <b>Reputation Server:</b>
+ A Reputation Server is an agent that can respond to reputation
+ requests such as <tt>setReputation()</tt> and <tt>getReputation()</tt>.
+ </li>
+ <p>
+ <li>
+ <b>Broker</b> or <b>Broadcatch</b>
+ <a href="/bibliography.shtml#infomediary"><b>Infomediary</b></a><b>:</b>
+ A broker is a reputation server that has added intelligence for some
+ domain. Generally, a broker is capable of adding value to
+ profile and reputation information by collecting, sorting, indexing,
+ matching or otherwise enhancing connections between data.
+ <i>Note: Brokers are built on top of the OpenPrivacy platform and
+ therefore are generally outside the scope its requirements.</i>
   </li>
 </ul>
 

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