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authorChristian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>2013-10-27 11:12:12 +0000
committerChristian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>2013-10-27 11:12:12 +0000
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23 * @brief Identity service; implements identity management for GNUnet 23 * @brief Identity service; implements identity management for GNUnet
24 * @author Christian Grothoff 24 * @author Christian Grothoff
25 * 25 *
26 * Identities in GNUnet are ECDSA keys. You assume an identity by 26 * Egos in GNUnet are ECDSA keys. You assume an ego by using (signing
27 * using (signing with) a particular private key. As GNUnet users are 27 * with) a particular private key. As GNUnet users are expected to
28 * expected to have many egos, we need an identity service to 28 * have many egos, we need an identity service to allow users to
29 * allow users to manage their egos. The identity service 29 * manage their egos. The identity service manages the egos (private
30 * manages the egos (private keys) of the local user; it does 30 * keys) of the local user; it does NOT manage egos of other users
31 * NOT manage identities of other users (public keys). For giving 31 * (public keys). For giving names to other users and manage their
32 * names to other users and manage their public keys securely, we 32 * public keys securely, we use GNS.
33 * use GNS.
34 * 33 *
35 * @defgroup identity identity management service 34 * @defgroup identity identity management service
36 * @{ 35 * @{