SFS

👥kind protocolusage storageenc contenttopology federatedentity federatedid pubkey
started
1999
by
David Mazières, MIT PDOS
homepage
https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/archive/sfs/
wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-certifying_File_System

Global federated filesystem where the server's public-key hash is part of the path (/sfs/server.example.com:KEYHASH/...). Eliminates the need for a trusted PKI — any server on the internet can publish a namespace, any client can verify it. Deeply influenced IPFS, Tahoe-LAFS, and content addressing more broadly.

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