Tahoe Least-Authority File System

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= a highly fault-tolerant, secure internet filesystem; Tahoe-LAFS could be used as the basis for a censorship-resistant, confidential, tamper-resistant publishing platform

URL = http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs


Description

"Historically, network filesystems such as SMB/CIFS and NFS have been both centralized (having a single server) and insecure (lacking any authentication, confidentiality, or integrity for the data). Previous work, such as The Coda Filesystem and Mazières’ SFS, has attempted to address these problems. Tahoe-LAFS is a new effort in this area with an innovative, fine-grained internet-strength security model. Tahoe-LAFS could be used as the basis for a censorship-resistant, confidential, tamper-resistant publishing platform. Transported over Tor, it could also be anonymous." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/constructive-direct-action-against-censorship