[tahoe-dev] [tahoe-lafs] #683: handle arbitrary URIs in directories

[tahoe-lafs]

#683: handle arbitrary URIs in directories
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     Reporter:  kpreid     |        Type:  defect         
       Status:  new        |    Priority:  major          
    Milestone:  undecided  |   Component:  code-dirnodes  
      Version:  1.3.0      |    Keywords:  newcaps newurls
Launchpad_bug:             |  
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Changes (by jsgf):

 * cc: jeremy@… (added)


Comment:

 Tahoe "URI"s are specific to a particular grid; without that piece of
 information you have no particular way of knowing how to access the
 referenced object.  Including the host/IP information as a hint in a
 tahoe: URI is useful, but they're only hints; they can become invalid
 without the underlying objecting being invalid.

 I think, therefore, a tahoe: URI must include some kind of unambiguous
 grid identifier so that it uniquely globally identifies a particular
 object.  Some kind of connection hint may also be useful, but that seems
 like a layering violation (since IPv4, or IP in general, is not the only
 possible transport for Tahoe).

 I guess this is related to issue #403.

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