Bug#673071: ITP: vodstok -- Voluntary Distributed Storage Kit

2012-05-15 Thread Pierre Jaury
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Pierre Jaury * Package name: vodstok Version : 1.2.3 Upstream Author : Damien Cauquil * URL : http://virtualabs.fr/vodstok/ * License : BSD Programming Lang: PHP Description : Voluntary Distributed Storage Kit

Bug#673071: ITP: vodstok -- Voluntary Distributed Storage Kit

2012-05-15 Thread Pierre Jaury
On Wed, 2012-05-16 at 00:37 +0300, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: > Pierre Jaury writes: > > Volonturay distributed file sharing > > This is an opensource, free and viral project > > that aims at providing collaborative distributed > > storage to users who wa

Bug#673071: ITP: vodstok -- Voluntary Distributed Storage Kit

2012-05-16 Thread Pierre Jaury
Hi, > > Not exactly the definition of viral I have. > > It feels obvious to me that it refers to viral marketing: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing Exactly, ``viral'' sounds like a lame reference to viral marketting. I must agree displayed text and documentation need a complete rev

Bug#673071: ITP: vodstok -- Voluntary Distributed Storage Kit

2012-05-16 Thread Pierre Jaury
Hi, On Wed, 2012-05-16 at 11:02 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Jonathan Wiltshire (16/05/2012): > > Viral? I hope this is just a translation artefact; can you explain > > exactly what you mean by it? > > Quite a shock for a project advertised as licensed under the BSD! > > (INSTALL.txt says GP

Bug#673071: ITP: vodstok -- Voluntary Distributed Storage Kit

2012-05-23 Thread Pierre Jaury
Hi, > Pierre Jaury writes: > > This software is still an early research project: as far as I know, only > > basic formal security analysis has been performed. > > Ok, just make sure that the users know about this. They will. Additionally, I plan on preparing the p

Bug#673071: ITP: vodstok -- Voluntary Distributed Storage Kit

2012-05-23 Thread Pierre Jaury
Hi again, I must clarify my very own point. > vodstok could also use AES CBC (or any > chained mode) as well as ECB for small files, ie. when downloading the > whole file before decrypting remains an option. vodstok is actually using CBC, but for small independent chunks, which means it has more