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tahoe-lafs [2014/11/05 12:41] – anonymoustahoe-lafs [2014/12/16 18:44] – dawuud
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 [[https://tahoe-lafs.org/|Tahoe LAFS]] stands for Least Authority File System. It is a file system and data storage with very interesting features. [[https://tahoe-lafs.org/|Tahoe LAFS]] stands for Least Authority File System. It is a file system and data storage with very interesting features.
  
-  * secure +  * cryptographic capabilities model which acts like a distributed access control system 
-  * decentralized +  * erasure-encoding 
-  * fault-tolerant +  * verified end-to-end crypto 
-  * 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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 ==== Details ==== ==== Details ====
  
-A group of servers (called **shares) providing storage is called a **storage grid**.+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. 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.