On 09.08.2013 21:54, Griffin Boyce wrote: > It can definitely be done. At the risk of getting in over my head > cost-wise, this is something I can pay for myself.
If you can, fun. :-) First, this needs a proper design. Then, one needs to develop the required pieces of software in a way that it is not a major pain to maintain all involved servers. Finally, you have to convince enough organizations to participate and contribute a substantial amount of storage. > The only point I really disagree on is the filesystem being maintained > by multiple entities. It's not a bad idea, but there would have to be > major trust on both sides How so? One happy example is Tahoe-LAFS. It lacks some properties that I would like to have for mail storage, especially when the mails are written to the filesystem by an untrusted party, but I don't see a reason why that functionality cannot be added. https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs "[...] Even if some of the servers fail or are taken over by an attacker, the entire filesystem continues to function correctly, preserving your privacy and security." -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Persistent violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
