SDMP

Release Notes

Please note that this release is still major version 0, which semver says means:

Major version zero (0.y.z) is for initial development. Anything may change at any time. The public API should not be considered stable.

Please see the roadmap for more detailed release plans, and the contributing guideline for information on how to get involved.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: A less formal summarization of the protocol.
• Core: The core technology used by this protocol.
  • Cryptography: Key sizes and algorithms used.
  • Container: Extendable, definable JSON object.
  • Identity: Public keys used to identify users or nodes.
  • Encrypted: A container holding encrypted data.
  • Signature: A container holding signed data.
• Journal: Publishing resources to other users or nodes.
  • Resource: The thing published is a signature container.
  • Structure: Each node maintains its own journal.
  • Broadcast: How the resources get published.
  • Request Journal: Nodes request updated journal lists.
  • Request Resource: Nodes request individual resources.
  • Response: Nodes respond with signature containers.
• Schema: Other container extensions core to the protocol.
  • Trust: Users and nodes indicate trust chains.
  • Revoke: Revoke any published resource.
  • Node: Information about a node.
  • User: Information about a user.
  • Message: A MultiMarkdown formatted personal message.
  • Receipt: Signal to a user or node when a private message or other resource is finally acquired.
• Network: Network agnostic connection details.
  • Shared Key: Creating a shared, signed, symmetric key.
  • Handshake: Establishing a secure network connection.
  • Traffic: Rules for network traffic.
• Examples: Step by step examples, using command line tools.