On 26.11.2011, at 01:44, Robin Appelman wrote: > Hi, > > the last couple of weeks I've been working on a series of larger > changes that will enable transparent server-side encryption. > > Due to the nature of the changes, merging these changes into master > without a lot of testing could end up in data-loss > for unsuspecting users, that's why I would like some help to test these > changes.
Fantastic work. I will do some heavy testing over the weekend. > The changes are on two branches in git: > - filesystem: > Provides the improvements to the filesystem layers that were > needed to correctly integrate encryption into it, > and holds the automatic database upgrading system to make those > improvements work on existing installations. > > For this branch it's important that it is tested as upgrade on > top of an existing installation, just checkout the remote branch, > navigate your browser to ownCloud and the automated database > updates should do the rest. > While testing branch may result into database corruption, > possibly loosing user accounts, calendars and contacts. Stored files > will remain safe. > > After the update is successful the filesytem will be indexed > and no changes should be visible besides incorrect sorting of > files/folders > and faster loading of folders with a lot of files/sub folders. > > - encryption > Provides transparent server-side encryption for files. > > This branch should be tested as a clean installation in order > to prevent possible any migration errors here. > Upgrading to this branch from an existing installation will not > work, rerunning the setup is necessarily. Is it possible to fix this before the final release? We should be able to provide an easy upgrade path for our existing users. > No visible changes should exist for this branch except the one > listed for the filesystem branch, any file uploaded through the web > interface > or webdav should get encrypted automatically (you can test this > by trying to open the file directly from the servers filesystem) > except > some blacklisted file types (audio, video, images). > > If you encounter any problems, please list the used sql server, php > version and whether or not it was upgraded from an existing > installation. > > Any help testing is greatly appreciated. > > - Robin Appelman Great work :-) Cheers Frank Frank Karlitschek [email protected] _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
