Since v0.7 we've made the following changes:
- * Add an upload helper, with resumption of incomplete uploads and
- short-circuiting of uploads if the file is already present (tickets
- #116, #258, #218).
-
* Add a preliminary Microsoft Windows package (ticket #195).
* Add a preliminary Macintosh package (ticket #182).
* Improve logging, diagnostic tools, statistics, timing measurements
during upload, etc..
- * Add mtime and ctime timestamps to files (ticket #183).
+ * Add more measurements of performance:
+ http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Performance .
+
+ * Add an upload helper, with resumption of incomplete uploads and
+ short-circuiting of uploads if the file is already present (tickets
+ #116, #258, #218).
* Make upload continue even if some servers disappear during the
upload process.
+ * Add mtime and ctime timestamps to files (ticket #183).
+
* Make introduction more efficient by allowing nodes to act as
clients-only and not publish themselves as servers (ticket #271).
mutable files if a long series of unlikely coincidences and hacked
clients occurred (ticket #312).
- * Add more measurements of performance:
- http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Performance .
-
WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
Because this software is new, it is not yet recommended for storage of
highly confidential data nor for valuable data which is not otherwise
backed up. However, it works well in practice, it comes with extensive
-unit tests, and there are no known security flaws which would
+unit tests [2], and there are no known security flaws which would
compromise confidentiality or data integrity. (For a current
description of all known security issues and an overview of Tahoe's
-security properties, please see the Security web page: [2].)
+security properties, please see the Security web page: [3].)
-This release of Tahoe is suitable for the "friendnet" use case [3] --
-it is easy to create a filesystem spread over the computers of you
-and your friends so that you can share files and disk space with one
+This release of Tahoe is suitable for the "friendnet" use case [4] --
+it is easy to create a filesystem spread over the computers of you and
+your friends so that you can share files and disk space with one
another.
INSTALLATION
Tahoe works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Cygwin, and Solaris. For
-installation instructions please see "doc/install.html" [4].
+installation instructions please see "doc/install.html" [5].
HACKING AND COMMUNITY
-Please join us on the mailing list [5] to discuss uses of Tahoe.
-Patches that extend and improve Tahoe are gratefully accepted --
-roadmap.txt [6] shows the next improvements that we plan to make and
-CREDITS [7] lists the names of people who've contributed to the
-project. The wiki Dev page [8] contains resources for hackers.
+Please join us on the mailing list [6] to discuss uses of Tahoe.
+Patches that extend and improve Tahoe are gratefully accepted -- the
+RoadMap page [7] shows the next improvements that we plan to make and
+CREDITS [8] lists the names of people who've contributed to the
+project. The wiki Dev page [9] contains resources for hackers.
SPONSORSHIP
-Tahoe is sponsored by Allmydata, Inc. [9], a provider of consumer
+Tahoe is sponsored by Allmydata, Inc. [10], a provider of consumer
backup services. Allmydata, Inc. contributes hardware, software,
ideas, bug reports, suggestions, demands, and money (employing several
allmydata.org Tahoe hackers and allowing them to spend part of their
Zooko O'Whielacronx
on behalf of the allmydata.org team
-January 7, 2008
-San Francisco, California
+February 14, 2008
+Boulder, Colorado, USA
[1] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=1805
-[2] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Security
-[3] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/UseCases
-[4] http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/install.html
-[5] http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
-[6] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/roadmap.txt
-[7] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/CREDITS?rev=1424
-[8] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev
-[9] http://allmydata.com
+[2] http://allmydata.org/tahoe-figleaf/current/
+[3] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Security
+[4] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/UseCases
+[5] http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/install.html
+[6] http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
+[7] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/roadmap
+[8] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/CREDITS?rev=1804
+[9] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev
+[10] http://allmydata.com