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@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ # System Transparency Front-End (STFE) -STFE is a Trillian personality that allows you to transparency log signed -artifact checksums. A client consuming artifacts may enforce that such logging -takes place by mandating that there is a public trace of each artifact before -even considering to trust it. We refer to such a trace as a signed checksum -entry: it is composed of +STFE is a Trillian personality that allows you to log signed artifact checksums. +A client consuming artifacts (such as a browser update, a Debian package, a document, +or more generally anything opaque) may enforce that such logging takes place by +mandating that there is a public trace of each artifact before even considering +to trust it. We refer to such a trace as a signed checksum entry: it is +composed of an arbitrary identifier like `stfe_client v0.0.1`, - an artifact checksum, + a checksum, a signature, and a namespace that is derived from the public verification key. Tracking checksums as opposed to full-on artifacts makes it less costly to |