========================================================== Tahoe-LAFS Weekly News, issue number 23, February 04, 2012 ========================================================== Welcome to the Tahoe-LAFS Weekly News (TWN). Tahoe-LAFS_ is a secure, distributed storage system. `View TWN on the web`_ *or* `subscribe to TWN`_. If you would like to view the "new and improved" TWN, complete with pictures; please take a `look`_. .. _Tahoe-LAFS: https://tahoe-lafs.org .. _View TWN on the web: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/TahoeLAFSWeeklyNews .. _subscribe to TWN: https://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-lafs-weekly-news .. _look: https://tahoe-lafs.org/~marlowe/TWN24.html Free/Open Source Project of the Week ==================================== The Free/Open Source Project of the Week is `Cryptosphere`_. "The Cryptosphere is a global peer-to-peer cryptosystem for publishing and securely distributing content anonymously with no central point of failure. The system is openly federated and anyone can join. To ensure quality service and prevent abuse, the Cryptosphere uses an integrated cryptographically secure reputation system which provides a distributed web of trust." [`1`_] Cryptosphere, Tahoe-LAFS and `Freenet`_ share similar goals. Cryptosphere's creator cites Tahoe-LAFS has a source of inspiration for Cryptosphere's design. Cryptosphere hopes to strike a balance between Freenet and `MojoNation`_. .. _`Cryptosphere`: https://github.com/tarcieri/cryptosphere .. _`1`: https://github.com/tarcieri/cryptosphare .. _`Freenet`: http://freenetproject.org/ .. _`MojoNation`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MojoNation

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Tahoe-LAFS on Drobo FS ---------------------- Mogwa posted to the list regarding `Tahoe-LAFS on Drobo FS`_. Tahoe-LAFS runs on other embedded devices such a `SS4000-E NAS box running under Debian Squeeze`_ and `PogoPlug`_. .. _`Tahoe-LAFS on Drobo FS`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2012-February/007015.html .. _`SS4000-E NAS box running under Debian Squeeze`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/buildbot-tahoe-lafs/builders/FranXois%20lenny-armv5te... .. _`PogoPlug`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2009-November/003157.html Patches Needing Review of the Week ================================== There is one (1) ticket still needing review for 1.9.2: * `#1648`_: assertion failure 'assert len(self._active_readers) >= self._required_shares' in mutable retrieve There are five (5) tickets still needing review for 1.10: * `#393`_: mutable: implement MDMF * `#1265`_: New Visualizer is insufficiently labelled/documented (plus layout problem) * `#1398`_: make docs/performance.rst more precise and accurate * `#1566`_: if a stored share has a corrupt header, other shares held by that server for the file should still be accessible to clients * `#1569`_: rerecord and review pluggable backends for landing on trunk .. _`#1648`: http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1648 .. _`#393`: http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/393 .. _`#1265`: http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1265 .. _`#1398`: http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1398 .. _`#1566`: http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1566 .. _`#1569`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1569 ---- *The Tahoe-LAFS Weekly News is published once a week by The Tahoe-LAFS* *Software Foundation, President and Treasurer: Peter Secor* |peter| *. Scribes: Patrick "marlowe" McDonald* |marlowe| *, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn* |zooko| *, Editor: Zooko.* `View TWN on the web`_ *or* `subscribe to TWN`_ *. Send your news stories to* `marlowe@antagonism.org`_ *b submission deadline: Friday night.* .. _marlowe@antagonism.org: mailto:marlowe@antagonism.org .. |zooko| image:: zooko.png :height: 35 :alt: zooko :target: http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/AboutUs .. |brian| image:: warner.png :height: 35 :alt: brian :target: http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/AboutUs .. |peter| image:: psecor.jpg :height: 35 :alt: peter :target: http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/AboutUs .. |marlowe| image:: marlowe-x75-bw.jpg :height: 35 :alt: marlowe :target: http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/AboutUs -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- | Patrick R. McDonald GPG Key: A2D1E972 | | https://www.antagonism.org/ <marlowe@antagonism.org> | | <mcdonald.patrick.r@gmail.com> | | <patrick@opensecurityfoundation.org> | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium | ---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ tahoe-lafs-weekly-news mailing list tahoe-lafs-weekly-news@tahoe-lafs.org http://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-lafs-weekly-news ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE