1 ANNOUNCING v1.6.1 of Tahoe-LAFS
3 We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of
4 version 1.6.1 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely reliable distributed
7 Tahoe-LAFS is the first cloud storage system which offers
8 "provider-independent security" -- meaning that not even your
9 cloud service provider can read or alter your data without your
10 consent. Here is the one-page explanation of its unique
11 security and fault-tolerance properties:
13 http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html
15 Tahoe-LAFS v1.6.1 is the successor to v1.6.0, which was
16 released February 2, 2010. This is a bugfix release which
17 fixes a few small regressions in v1.6.0.
19 The v1.6 release includes major performance improvements,
20 usability improvements, and one major new feature:
21 deep-immutable directories (cryptographically unalterable
22 permanent snapshots). See the release notes for details.
24 http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/relnotes.txt
26 In addition to the core storage system itself, volunteers have
27 developed related projects to integrate it with other
28 tools. These include plugins for Hadoop, bzr, duplicity,
29 TiddlyWiki, and much more. As of this release, contributors
30 have added an Android frontend and a working read-only FUSE
31 frontend. See the Related Projects page on the wiki:
33 http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects
35 We believe that strong encryption, Free/Open Source Software,
36 erasure coding, and careful engineering practices make
37 Tahoe-LAFS safer than other storage technologies.