[Tech] Proposed Freenet MIME types
Jano
alejandro at mosteo.com
Thu Dec 7 16:03:23 UTC 2006
toad wrote:
>> > application/x-freenet-blob = .fblob
>> >
>> > A Freenet "binary blob" file. This is a collection of node-level keys,
>> > and possibly some user-level keys. It allows us to export a freesite to
>> > a file, then reinsert it on another node, without having to know the
>> > private SSK key.
>>
>> If the purpose of the blob is that specific, perhaps it would be better
>> to reflect it in the MIME type. x-freenet-fsite i.e.
>
> It doesn't have to be a freesite, it could be a single file, for example.
Ok. I mean, a blob can be anything, while it seems you have a definite
purpose for the blob in mind. Perhaps there will be other uses for blobs in
the future that will need discrimination.
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