<s>
Publius	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
attempted	O
communication	O
protocol	O
developed	O
by	O
Lorrie	O
Cranor	O
,	O
Avi	O
Rubin	O
and	O
Marc	O
Waldman	O
to	O
give	O
individuals	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
publish	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
anonymously	O
and	O
with	O
a	O
high	O
guarantee	O
that	O
their	O
publications	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
censored	O
or	O
modified	O
by	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
nine	O
design	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
Publius	B-Protocol
development	O
team	O
were	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Publius	B-Protocol
web	O
system	O
consisted	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
agents	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Publius	B-Protocol
limited	O
file	O
sizes	O
to	O
100	O
kilobytes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
on	O
Publius	B-Protocol
could	O
reference	O
other	O
files	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
upload	O
works	O
larger	O
than	O
100	O
kilobytes	O
,	O
if	O
the	O
file	O
format	O
allowed	O
it	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
upload	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
or	O
PostScript	B-Language
files	O
referencing	O
outside	O
images	O
or	O
fonts	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Publius	B-Protocol
system	O
relied	O
on	O
a	O
static	O
list	O
of	O
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
publisher	O
wished	O
to	O
add	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
content	O
to	O
the	O
Publius	B-Protocol
network	O
,	O
publisher	O
first	O
encrypted	O
it	O
using	O
a	O
random	O
100	O
kilobyte	O
symmetric	B-Algorithm
key	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
issues	O
those	O
later	O
systems	O
had	O
with	O
copyright	O
violations	O
and	O
objectionable	O
content	O
were	O
also	O
foreseen	O
with	O
Publius	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
trial	O
period	O
,	O
Publius	B-Protocol
project	O
had	O
50	O
computers	O
in	O
their	O
network	O
,	O
including	O
servers	O
at	O
the	O
Center	O
for	O
Democracy	O
and	O
Technology	O
and	O
Xerox	O
PARC	O
.	O
</s>
