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Last modified by Zenna Elfen on 2026/02/10 22:42
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6 6  |Delegation|//Allow a peer to grant some portion of its authority to another peer (e.g., "you can write to this dataset for 1 day")//
7 7  |Capabilities|//Tokens/objects that embody permissions and can be passed around securely//
8 8  |Revocation|//Ability to withdraw access (essential yet tricky, since there's no central admin)//
9 -|Identity-agnostic control|//Often operations are authorized not by who you are but what capabilities you possess//
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10 +Identity-agnostic control
11 +)))|//Often operations are authorized not by who you are but what capabilities you possess//
12 +|Custom Protocols |Internal term used by Iroh-crew to refer to protocols which are built by joining multiple different components together.
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11 11  == Definitions for Security and Encryption ==
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14 14  |=Security Function|=Purpose|=Examples
15 15  |Transport Encryption|//P2P channel confidentiality//|//TLS, Noise//
16 16  |[[Private Interest Overlap>>https://willowprotocol.org/specs/pio/index.html#private_interest_overlap]]|//allows peers to securely determine if they have capabilities in common without revealing what those capabilities are//|//Willow//
17 -|[[Prefix Pruning>>https://willowprotocol.org/specs/data-model/index.html#prefix_pruning]]|Enables removal of data by replacing data with a new timestamped file that is empty, encouraging replication of the deletion.  "you have a path hierarchy which lets you prune off a whole bunch of leaves by cutting at the root. Like if you replaced your Documents directory with a text file of the same name."|//Willow//
20 +|[[Prefix Pruning>>https://willowprotocol.org/specs/data-model/index.html#prefix_pruning]]|//Enables removal of data by replacing data with a new timestamped file that is empty, encouraging replication of the deletion.  "you have a path hierarchy which lets you prune off a whole bunch of leaves by cutting at the root. Like if you replaced your Documents directory with a text file of the same name."//|//Willow//
18 18  |Message" Encryption|//End-to-end secrecy, async//|//MLS, Olm/Megolm, DR//
19 19  |Identity & Trust|//Who’s who, key bootstrapping//|//DIDs, TOFU, Web-of-trust//
20 20  |Integrity|//Detect tampering//|//AEAD, Merkle DAGs//