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diff --git a/doc/claimant.md b/doc/claimant.md index 2aeebf0..c10e657 100644 --- a/doc/claimant.md +++ b/doc/claimant.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ looked-up in a public database using X as an identifier. A rebuilder would verify this claim by compiling the source, comparing the hashed output to the claimed value. -## **System<sup>CHECKSUM-LOG<sup>**: +## **System<sup>CHECKSUM-LOG</sup>**: System<sup>CHECKSUM-LOG</sup> is about the claims made by a _log operator_. It adds _discoverability_ into System<sup>CHECKSUM</sup>. Discoverability means that Verifier<sup>CHECKSUM</sup> can see all Statement<sup>CHECKSUM</sup> that @@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ Believer<sup>CHECKSUM</sup> will accept. Belief is based on two factors: 1. seeing a valid Statement<sup>CHECKSUM-LOG</sup> 2. seeing a number of valid Statement<sup>CHECKSUM-WITNESS</sup> from - independent instances on System<sup>CHECKSUM-WITNESS</sup> - - A _policy_ defines the exact conditions that must be met. + independent instances on System<sup>CHECKSUM-WITNESS</sup>. * **Verifier<sup>CHECKSUM-LOG</sup>**: System<sup>CHECKSUM-WITNESS</sup><br> Witnesses verify the log's append-only property from their own local vantage point(s). @@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ Believer<sup>CHECKSUM</sup> will accept. instance of System<sup>CHECKSUM-LOG</sup> if cryptographic proofs of log misbehavior are preseneted by some Verifier<sup>CHECKSUM-LOG</sup>. -## **System<sup>CHECKSUM-WITNESS<sup>**: +## **System<sup>CHECKSUM-WITNESS</sup>**: System<sup>CHECKSUM-WITNESS</sup> is about making the claims of a log operator _trustworthy_. * **Claim<sup>CHECKSUM-WITNESS</sup>**: |