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diff --git a/notes/spec_todo.txt b/notes/spec_todo.txt index 7630a68..64c7c33 100644 --- a/notes/spec_todo.txt +++ b/notes/spec_todo.txt @@ -1,21 +1,4 @@ -Things that were underspecified in the spec/whitepaper: - -- nonce: 24 or 32 bytes? (impl is 24, spec says 32) -- endianness of magic (big-endian) -- uppercase/lowercase of algorithm name (inconsistent in one place) -- what if there is only a single chunk/entry in a register tree? then a leaf - acts as a root? -- unclear where protobuf schema actually lives... -- "append only" is mentioned many times, but need to write "back in" to merkel - tree on many occasions -- inconsistent message names between .proto and whitepaper -- protocol extension stuff not in the whitepaper -- whitepaper should be versioned/tagged, or marked as "work in progress" -- encryption not really covered in whitepaper... seems to be XSalsa20 XOR'd - with data -- "ping" mechanism: sending a 0 byte - "You can use the byteOffset property in the Stat meta- data object to seek into the right position in the content for the start of this chunk." => unnecessary, node.js specific? @@ -23,12 +6,8 @@ node.js specific? "If you are sharing multiple hypercores on the same port you can use this event to wait for the remote peer to indicate which hypercore they are interested inj" -Clarify: appending to tree SLEEP results in writes into middle of file (for -root nodes). This seems not-great for performance (can't bulk-write). Better to -cache or work in RAM then batch commit? - -varint-encoded message prefix for network messages still feels sort of -inefficient... fixed 32-bit length makes more sense to me, seems like -efficiency gains would be pretty small. would need benchmarking. - https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/techniques#streaming +Extra things learned: +- metadata secret keys live in ~/.dat/secret_keys/... +- metadata.ogd indicates "original dat", meaning secret key should be present +- metadata.latest file exists sometimes... |