From 2b48d31492d2e61adb9c01722ab38ac8dd71ef74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dean Eigenmann Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 06:22:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update waku.md --- waku.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/waku.md b/waku.md index 4b469bbf..c281af8c 100644 --- a/waku.md +++ b/waku.md @@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ A mailserver SHOULD store envelopes for all topics to be generally useful for an #### Requesting messages -In order to request historic messages, a node MUST send a packet P2P Request (`0x7e`) to a peer providing mailserver functionality. This packet requires one argument which MUST be a Whisper envelope. +In order to request historic messages, a node MUST send a packet P2P Request (`0x7e`) to a peer providing mailserver functionality. This packet requires one argument which MUST be a Waku envelope. -In the Whisper envelope's payload section, there MUST be RLP-encoded information about the details of the request: +In the Waku envelope's payload section, there MUST be RLP-encoded information about the details of the request: ``` [ Lower, Upper, Bloom, Limit, Cursor ] @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ In the Whisper envelope's payload section, there MUST be RLP-encoded information `Lower`: 4-byte wide unsigned integer (UNIX time in seconds; oldest requested envelope's creation time) `Upper`: 4-byte wide unsigned integer (UNIX time in seconds; newest requested envelope's creation time) -`Bloom`: 64-byte wide array of Whisper topics encoded in a bloom filter to filter envelopes +`Bloom`: 64-byte wide array of Waku topics encoded in a bloom filter to filter envelopes `Limit`: 4-byte wide unsigned integer limiting the number of returned envelopes `Cursor`: 32-byte wide array of a cursor returned from the previous request (optional) @@ -283,11 +283,11 @@ The envelope MUST be signed with a symmetric key agreed between the requester an #### Receiving historic messages -Historic messages MUST be sent to a peer as a packet with a P2P Message code (`0x7f`) followed by an array of Whisper envelopes. It is incompatible with the original Whisper spec (EIP-627) because it allows only a single envelope, however, an array of envelopes is much more performant. In order to stay compatible with EIP-627, a peer receiving historic message MUST handle both cases. +Historic messages MUST be sent to a peer as a packet with a P2P Message code (`0x7f`) followed by an array of Waku envelopes. It is incompatible with the original Whisper spec (EIP-627) because it allows only a single envelope, however, an array of envelopes is much more performant. In order to stay compatible with EIP-627, a peer receiving historic message MUST handle both cases. In order to receive historic messages from a mailserver, a node MUST trust the selected mailserver, that is allow to receive packets with the P2P Message code. By default, such packets are discarded. -Received envelopes MUST be passed through the Whisper envelopes pipelines so that they are picked up by registered filters and passed to subscribers. +Received envelopes MUST be passed through the Waku envelopes pipelines so that they are picked up by registered filters and passed to subscribers. ## Backwards Compatibility