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 Timo Juhani Lindfors
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 want to store and share files > temporarily over the Internet. Has somebody evaluated the security of this system

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 want to store and share files > > tempora

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

2012-05-15 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
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. > Yet, for your specific concern about usual AES vulnerability when using > independently e

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

2012-05-16 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
Hi, On 2012-05-15 21:33, Pierre Jaury wrote: This is an opensource, free and viral project Viral? I hope this is just a translation artefact; can you explain exactly what you mean by it? Thanks, -- Jonathan Wiltshire j...@debian.org Debian Developer

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

2012-05-16 Thread Cyril Brulebois
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 GPLv2 though.) Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

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

2012-05-16 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
Le mercredi 16 mai 2012 09:22:46, Jonathan Wiltshire a écrit : > Hi, > > On 2012-05-15 21:33, Pierre Jaury wrote: > > This is an opensource, free and viral project > > Viral? I hope this is just a translation artefact; can you explain > exactly what you mean by it? From the website linked in th

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

2012-05-16 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On 12-05-16 at 11:36am, Thomas Preud'homme wrote: > Le mercredi 16 mai 2012 09:22:46, Jonathan Wiltshire a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > On 2012-05-15 21:33, Pierre Jaury wrote: > > > This is an opensource, free and viral project > > > > Viral? I hope this is just a translation artefact; can you expla

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

2012-05-16 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On 2012-05-16 13:19, Pierre Jaury wrote: 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 B

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 project for definitive packaging

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