On Nov 19, 2009, at 15:06, Stefan Xenon wrote: > Is it possible to use a key file or a smart card instead of a pass > phrase to encrypt the storage in Tahoe? If so, are there any resources > describing the usage?
Tahoe does not use any passphrase or single key. The encryption key used is either derived from the file contents (immutable files) or is a public/private key pair generated just for that file (mutable files/ directories). The valuable secrets in Tahoe are the caps, which are generally either stored as URLs (in your choice of location), or in the tahoe aliases file <tahoe-dir>/private/aliases, which you can of course store on any secure media you like. There is also the convergence secret private/convergence which, if you use one, you probably want to keep safe as well, but is not really a key or passphrase. -- Kevin Reid <http://switchb.org/kpreid/> _______________________________________________ tahoe-dev mailing list [email protected] http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
