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==== What is Tahoe ==== | ==== What is Tahoe ==== | ||
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+ | * cryptographic capabilities model which acts like a distributed access control system | ||
+ | * erasure-encoding | ||
+ | * verified end-to-end crypto | ||
- | * secure | ||
- | * decentralized | ||
- | * fault-tolerant | ||
- | * encrypted | ||
- | * peer-to-peer | ||
You can use it to host and serve files or for your backups.\\ | You can use it to host and serve files or for your backups.\\ | ||
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This page is meant to be a resource of Tahoe knowledge. In the hope of making it as easy as possibly for others to start using it. | This page is meant to be a resource of Tahoe knowledge. In the hope of making it as easy as possibly for others to start using it. | ||
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- | ==== Details ==== | ||
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- | A group of servers (called **shares) providing storage is called a **storage grid**. | ||
- | Files stored on a grid are split into parts. Each node gets only part of your file. Each part is encrypted as well. To later restore a file you only need a limited number of it's parts. For example you spread parts of your file onto 10 shares but only three of them are needed to restore it. | ||
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===== Installation (with Tor) ===== | ===== Installation (with Tor) ===== | ||
- | In the installation we configure Tahoe to use Tor. All shares | + | In the installation we configure Tahoe to use Tor. All services |
==== Required Packages ==== | ==== Required Packages ==== |