diff --git a/src/server.md b/src/server.md index 05575a0..5059cc6 100644 --- a/src/server.md +++ b/src/server.md @@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ Unlike in relay-based schemes where the groups assign a leader, set of offline) - untrusted infrastructure has a goal of realizing those properties without the assumption of trust. -The orignal Cwtch paper defined a set of properties that Cwtch Servers were +The original Cwtch paper defined a set of properties that Cwtch Servers were expected to provide: -* Cwtch Server may be used by multiple groupsor just one. +* Cwtch Server may be used by multiple groups or just one. * A Cwtch Server, without collaboration of a group member, should never learn the identity of participants within a group. * A Cwtch Server should never learn the content of any communication. -* A CwtchServer should never be able to distinguish messages as belonging +* A Cwtch Server should never be able to distinguish messages as belonging to a particular group. We note here that these properties are a superset of the design aims of Private @@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ guarantee more efficient properties by relaxing trust and security ### Detectable Faults * If a Cwtch server fails to relay a specific message to a subset of group - members then there will be a detectable gap in the message tree of certain - peers that can be discovered through peer-to-peer gossip. +members then there will be a detectable gap in the message tree of certain +peers that can be discovered through peer-to-peer gossip. * A Cwtch server cannot modify any message without the key material known to the group (any attempt to do so for a subset of group memebers will result in identical behavior to failing to relay a message). * While a server *can* duplicate messages, these will have no impact on the - group message tree (because of encryption, nonces and message identities - ) - the source of the duplication is not knowable to a peer. +group message tree (because of encryption, nonces and message identities) - +the source of the duplication is not knowable to a peer. ## Efficiency