diff --git a/EXPLAINER.md b/EXPLAINER.md index 82568cb..c3dd73c 100644 --- a/EXPLAINER.md +++ b/EXPLAINER.md @@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Please refer to the [specification](https://WICG.github.io/local-peer-to-peer/) ### Motivation +The local network is not a first-class citizen of the web. It’s easier for a browser to trust a faraway server than your NAS, TV or thermostat sitting right next to you. + +![motivation](./images/motivation.svg) + As a blast from the past: > Tim Berners-Lee's [vision for the World Wide Web](https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/1996/ppf.html) was close to a P2P network [...] The early Internet was more open than the present day, where _two machines connected to the Internet could send packets to each other_ without firewalls and other security measures. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer#Historical_development)) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 088380b..48f563f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ This specification is a work in progress. - [Explainer](EXPLAINER.md) - [Specification](https://WICG.github.io/local-peer-to-peer/) +- [One-Pager](./images/onepager.svg) ([PDF](./images/Local%20Peer-to-Peer%20API%20-%20One-Pager.pdf)) ## Feedback diff --git a/images/Local Peer-to-Peer API - One-Pager.pdf b/images/Local Peer-to-Peer API - One-Pager.pdf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8ed2a6a Binary files /dev/null and b/images/Local Peer-to-Peer API - One-Pager.pdf differ diff --git a/images/motivation.svg b/images/motivation.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..322fc68 --- /dev/null +++ b/images/motivation.svg @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/images/onepager.svg b/images/onepager.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c930678 --- /dev/null +++ b/images/onepager.svg @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/images/pake.svg b/images/pake.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bb96d37 --- /dev/null +++ b/images/pake.svg @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +