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| author | Rasmus Dahlberg <rasmus.dahlberg@kau.se> | 2021-10-07 15:27:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Rasmus Dahlberg <rasmus.dahlberg@kau.se> | 2021-10-07 15:27:19 +0200 |
| commit | 9288886de0e4477bb6e3dface9266fe0644b3e97 (patch) | |
| tree | 9513140b1b8755dcf4dc48b372b6376303ee7d26 /doc | |
| parent | bd47c47dfd26706b5846b53addd4ea8066f03c44 (diff) | |
expressed goal without higher-level use-cases in mind
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diff --git a/doc/design.md b/doc/design.md index 66e953e..8c4e199 100644 --- a/doc/design.md +++ b/doc/design.md @@ -59,12 +59,8 @@ using the This document is about our log design. ### 1.1 - Goals and non-scope -The goal of sigsum logging is to be a building block that facilitates -verification of falsifiable claims. There should be emphasis on _facilitating_, -because all a sigsum log does is ensure that signed checksums are discoverable. - -We want to achieve our goal without making assumptions that are use-case -specific. Therefore, sigsum logs allow logging of signed checksum and some +The goal of sigsum logging is to make a signer's key-usage transparent in +general. Therefore, sigsum logs allow logging of signed checksum and some minimally required metadata. Storing data and rich metadata is a non-goal. We want the resulting design to be easy from many different perspectives, for |