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Revision as of 09:36, 30 August 2018
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= Key publication, notification and retrieval = | = Key publication, notification and retrieval = | ||
The XEP has undergone already one change regarding key publication, notification and retrieval. The initial used approach was found to be quite traffic demanding, because the full key data was pushed to interested entities every time they appeared online. Thus it was decided to split the key into metadata and data PubSub/PEP nodes. | The XEP has undergone already one change regarding key publication, notification and retrieval of key material. The initial used approach was found to be quite traffic demanding, because the full key data was pushed to interested entities every time they appeared online. Thus it was decided to split the key into metadata and data PubSub/PEP nodes. | ||
While it turned out to work quite well, it is not elegant with regard to the mechanisms the involved protocols provide. From a pure "what the specification describes" POV an ideal solution would possibly be to | While it turned out to work quite well, it is not elegant with regard to the mechanisms the involved protocols provide. From a pure "what the specification describes" POV an ideal solution would possibly be to | ||