On Apr 25, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
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> Do you know any more details about how they chunk the data and implement
> change detection?
Chunking is described in the Cryptree white paper I previously linked. Or did
I? Hm.
http://www.disco.ethz.ch/publications/srds06.pdf
> "recovery cod
Richard Pieri wrote:
> Wuala...creates a Cryptree file system and mounts... Changes to the
> FUSE/CBFS are encrypted and chunked, and these chunks are sent first
> to the Wuala storage servers in Europe and second to the Wuala cloud.
Do you know any more details about how they chunk the data and
On Apr 25, 2011, at 11:22 AM, Ian Stokes-Rees wrote:
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> Can someone either give the 30 second version of security shortcomings
> in Dropbox, or point me to something which describes this? I'm
> interested in understanding this better.
Dropbox has master keys for everything. If the FBI knocks o
On 4/23/11 10:04 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On the other hand, Wuala offers substantially better privacy and security
> than Dropbox.
Can someone either give the 30 second version of security shortcomings
in Dropbox, or point me to something which describes this? I'm
interested in understandin
On Apr 23, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Hsuan-Yeh Chang wrote:
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> Just out of curiosity, how does cloud storage like Wuala and Dropbox works?
> Do
> they just put your files on the server (like googledoc) and provide a
> convenient
> user interface, or do they make copies (i.e., sync) of files in each
On Apr 23, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Doug wrote:
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> Once you "go pro" and provide storage, then only the $30/year plan
> makes sense. Nice.
It's semantics, but Wuala's use of the phrase "go pro" means trading storage,
paying for storage, or both. One can go pro without paying a cent to Wuala and
LaC
On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Hsuan-Yeh Chang wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, how does cloud storage like Wuala and Dropbox works?
> Do
> they just put your files on the server (like googledoc) and provide a
> convenient
> user interface, or do they make copies (i.e., sync) of files in each
Once you "go pro" and provide storage, then only the $30/year plan
makes sense. Nice.
Does Wuala do any better with conflicting files, or have you been luck
enough to avoid the problem?
Doug
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On Apr 23, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Hsuan-Yeh Chang wrote:
>
> Just out of curiosity, how does cloud storage like Wuala and Dropbox works?
> Do
> they just put your files on the server (like googledoc) and provide a
> convenient
> user interface, or do they make copies (i.e., sync) of files in each
Just out of curiosity, how does cloud storage like Wuala and Dropbox works? Do
they just put your files on the server (like googledoc) and provide a
convenient
user interface, or do they make copies (i.e., sync) of files in each device?
Hsuanyeh
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On Apr 23, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Doug wrote:
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> The security looks better. All files are encrypted, then shipped around.
That is the foundation, a cryptree file system fronted by a FUSE driver for
Linux and Mac or a callback file system on Windows. Everything is encrypted
locally on the cryptree
I am paying $100/year for 50G on Drop box. Wuala offer the same
amount for $80. Right now I am using 25G.
If you have a server on 24/7 like one of those computers at the last
meeting, then you could go for the $30 plan. Let wuala have 100G of
that server for storage, and you have 100G of shared
I've switched over from Dropbox to Wuala as a sync service. Interesting.
Different.
My MacBook Pro runs cooler. No, really. The left side palm rest, above where
the disk drive is located, is noticeably cooler under normal operation. Go fig.
--Rich P.
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Does anyone here have experience with Wuala? It has an interesting pricing
option: start with 1GB "free". If you want more then you can use your spare
local storage as part of the Wuala cloud. Space allocated times online time
(minimum 4 hours per day) equals how much extra storage is availab
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