From @JustinDrake on Wed Nov 23 2016 14:21:22 GMT+0000 (UTC)
In the whitepaper, an IPFSLink
is defined as
type IPFSLink struct {
Name string
Hash Multihash
Size int
}
The paper then allows for content addressing using the name. It is noted that paths work like in traditional UNIX filesystems and the Web.
Can Name
be an arbitrary string, with characters such as whitespace or /
, or any character disallowed in web URIs? Does the protocol require that Name
be sanitised so that OSes/filesystems/applications can safely parse name paths?
Copied from original issue: https://github.com/ipfs/faq/issues/201