From 3c6acfd5ac2d436a042425314d7ecf3621e58159 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Austein Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 16:51:24 +0000 Subject: Explain gensym notation. svn path=/docs/repository-structure.txt; revision=552 --- docs/repository-structure.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/repository-structure.txt b/docs/repository-structure.txt index 9af2b4ea..85f5621c 100644 --- a/docs/repository-structure.txt +++ b/docs/repository-structure.txt @@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ The upshot of all this is that I expect to be using URIs like: rsync://hostname/g0001/g0002/g0003/g(ski).cer rsync://hostname/g0001/g0002/g0003/g(ski).crl +where "gNNNN" indicates a generated symbol with no significance other +than that it is unique enough to avoid collisions. In this particular +case, the scope in which the symbol must be unique is just the +directory in which it appears. + We haven't yet discussed how to name ROAs, but since we expect ROAs to be tied to particular single-use EE certs, my guess is that a g(SKI) name based on the key of the EE cert would be appropriate, so either -- cgit v1.2.3