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author | Linus Nordberg <linus@nordu.net> | 2016-12-05 01:22:27 +0100 |
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committer | Linus Nordberg <linus@nordu.net> | 2016-12-05 01:22:27 +0100 |
commit | 8127a1f74768ef58583628128d45ef45313a862d (patch) | |
tree | 3aad00267f82a2eef423db694975ab808c84b109 | |
parent | e9a40cb93e086e649bd1293b4a2be70f3a45451c (diff) |
Update README.md with high level features description.
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@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ catlfish is a Certificate Transparency log server (RFC 6962). +The catlfish software has the following properties: + +- Distributed, for fault tolerance under high load + +- Layered software design with a generic append-only database below + and public protocol on top, making it useful for buildling other + transparency systems as well + +- Cross-organisational operations, enabling scaling beyond what can be + achieved by a single organisation + +- Append-only database backend specially designed for this purpose + +- HSM support, for keeping sensitive keys off general purpose computers + +- Dockerised, for a snazzy deployment option + # Requirements In order to compile catlfish, the following software packages are |