distribution/open-design/MANIFESTO.md
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# The "Distribution" project
## What is this
This is a part of the Docker project, or "primitive" that handles the "distribution" of images.
### Punchline
Pack. Sign. Ship. Store. Deliver. Verify.
### Technical scope
Distribution has tight relations with:
* libtrust, providing cryptographical primitives to handle image signing and verification
* image format, as transferred over the wire
* docker-registry, the server side component that allows storage and retrieval of packed images
* authentication and key management APIs, that are used to verify images and access storage services
* PKI infrastructure
* docker "pull/push client" code gluing all this together - network communication code, tarsum, etc