From c2e15a6a06249d2e6427f34ff3906b1fdf76f2a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zooko <> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:39:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] formatting [Imported from Trac: page OldNews, version 32] --- OldNews.md | 115 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-) diff --git a/OldNews.md b/OldNews.md index e0e4493..49166db 100644 --- a/OldNews.md +++ b/OldNews.md @@ -54,31 +54,31 @@ See also [new News](News). * 2011-06-27 — The Tahoe-LAFS Summit, June 27 - 30, San Francisco -Come socialize, share ideas, and hack on code! See [the Summit Page](Summit). +> Come socialize, share ideas, and hack on code! See [the Summit Page](Summit). * 2011-01-30 — [//pipermail/tahoe-dev/2011-January/006012.html v1.8.2] Released! -Twisted-10.2 compatibility, small bugfixes. +> Twisted-10.2 compatibility, small bugfixes. * 2010-12-14 — [EFF post](http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/constructive-direct-action-against-censorship) -Interesting mention in summary of useful tools when dealing with censorship. +> Interesting mention in summary of useful tools when dealing with censorship. * 2010-11-28 — [//pipermail/tahoe-dev/2010-November/005674.html v1.8.1] Released! -Several bugfixes, including a security fix and a performance improvement. +> Several bugfixes, including a security fix and a performance improvement. * 2010-09-24 — [//pipermail/tahoe-dev/2010-September/005248.html v1.8.0] Released! -This release offers greatly improved performance and fault-tolerance of downloads. It also improves consistency of command-line options, internationalization on Windows, code organization, tests, logging, and packaging. +> This release offers greatly improved performance and fault-tolerance of downloads. It also improves consistency of command-line options, internationalization on Windows, code organization, tests, logging, and packaging. * 2010-07-19 — [//pipermail/tahoe-dev/2010-July/004705.html" v1.7.1] Released! -This stable minor release adds several bugfixes and improvements in security, forward-compatibility, packaging, usability, and portability. +> This stable minor release adds several bugfixes and improvements in security, forward-compatibility, packaging, usability, and portability. * 2010-06-18 — v1.7.0 of Tahoe-LAFS is Released! -This release adds a fully functional SFTP interface, support for non-ASCII character encodings, and a new upload algorithm which guarantees that each file is spread over multiple servers for fault-tolerance. +> This release adds a fully functional SFTP interface, support for non-ASCII character encodings, and a new upload algorithm which guarantees that each file is spread over multiple servers for fault-tolerance. * 2010-05-25 — Zooko presented Tahoe-LAFS at [CONfidence 2010](http://2010.confidence.org.pl/lang-pref/en/) in Kraków, Poland @@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ This release adds a fully functional SFTP interface, support for non-ASCII chara * 2010-02-27 — v1.6.1 of Tahoe-LAFS is Released! -This is a bugfix release which [fixes a few small regressions in v1.6.0]source:trunk/NEWS?rev=4254. +> This is a bugfix release which [fixes a few small regressions in v1.6.0]source:trunk/NEWS?rev=4254. * 2010-02-01 — v1.6.0 of Tahoe-LAFS is Released! -Tahoe-LAFS v1.6 features greatly improved performance, usability, and forward-compatibility, and deep-immutable directories. +> Tahoe-LAFS v1.6 features greatly improved performance, usability, and forward-compatibility, and deep-immutable directories. * 2010-01-20 — The **Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative** @@ -102,63 +102,63 @@ Tahoe-LAFS v1.6 features greatly improved performance, usability, and forward-co * 2009-12-29 — Chaos Communications Congress 2009 -There was a [Tahoe-LAFS Workshop](https://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/wiki/Tahoe-LAFS_Workshop) at the [Chaos Communication Congress 2009](https://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/wiki/Welcome) organized by François Deppierraz. +> There was a [Tahoe-LAFS Workshop](https://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/wiki/Tahoe-LAFS_Workshop) at the [Chaos Communication Congress 2009](https://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/wiki/Welcome) organized by François Deppierraz. * 2009-10-30 — RSA Conference 2010 -Tahoe-LAFS will be presented at the RSA Conference 2010 in San Francisco: [//trac/chrome/tahoe-RSA-slides.pdf Your cloud storage provider does not need access to your data.] +> Tahoe-LAFS will be presented at the RSA Conference 2010 in San Francisco: [//trac/chrome/tahoe-RSA-slides.pdf Your cloud storage provider does not need access to your data.] * 2009-10-02 — HadoopWorld 2009 -Tahoe-LAFS was [presented at [HadoopWorld](HadoopWorld) in New York City](http://www.cloudera.com/sites/all/themes/cloudera/static/hw09/3%20%20-%202-30%20Aaron%20Cordova,%20BAH,%20HadoopWorldComplete.pdf) +> Tahoe-LAFS was [presented at [HadoopWorld](HadoopWorld) in New York City](http://www.cloudera.com/sites/all/themes/cloudera/static/hw09/3%20%20-%202-30%20Aaron%20Cordova,%20BAH,%20HadoopWorldComplete.pdf) * 2009-10-01 — included in Ubuntu -Tahoe-LAFS is [included in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue158#Karmic%20gets%20another%20cloud%20tool:%20Tahoe-LAFS)! +> Tahoe-LAFS is [included in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue158#Karmic%20gets%20another%20cloud%20tool:%20Tahoe-LAFS)! * 2009-08-15 — Windows client -Allmydata.com has open-sourced its [//trac/tahoe-w32-client/wiki Windows client]. Thank you, allmydata.com! +> Allmydata.com has open-sourced its [//trac/tahoe-w32-client/wiki Windows client]. Thank you, allmydata.com! * 2009-08-04 — featured in Ars Technica -Tahoe-LAFS is [reviewed by Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/08/p2p-like-tahoe-filesystem-offers-secure-storage-in-the-cloud.ars) +> Tahoe-LAFS is [reviewed by Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/08/p2p-like-tahoe-filesystem-offers-secure-storage-in-the-cloud.ars) * 2009-08-01 — v1.5 released! -This is a major release adding UI, performance, portability and forward-compatibility improvements and fixing a couple of small bugs. Please see the [Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@20090802031003-92b7f-289b017e81538b436d2aff2586888a91a0e67598. +> This is a major release adding UI, performance, portability and forward-compatibility improvements and fixing a couple of small bugs. Please see the [Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@20090802031003-92b7f-289b017e81538b436d2aff2586888a91a0e67598. * 2009-05-27 — Open Knowledge Foundation grid -The [Open Knowledge Foundation](http://okfn.org) is [now running a Tahoe-LAFS grid!](http://blog.okfn.org/2009/05/13/launch-of-open-data-grid) +> The [Open Knowledge Foundation](http://okfn.org) is [now running a Tahoe-LAFS grid!](http://blog.okfn.org/2009/05/13/launch-of-open-data-grid) * 2009-05-07 — *"Hack Tahoe!"* Hall of Fame update -The *"Hack Tahoe!"* Contest [//hacktahoelafs/ Hall of Fame] has been updated to show a picture of Christian Grothoff's smiling face as he receives his personalized *"I Hacked Tahoe"* t-shirt. +> The *"Hack Tahoe!"* Contest [//hacktahoelafs/ Hall of Fame] has been updated to show a picture of Christian Grothoff's smiling face as he receives his personalized *"I Hacked Tahoe"* t-shirt. * 2009-04-18 — LAPTOP VERSUS AXE -NEWSFLASH! Tahoe-LAFS Developer Goes Crazy — [Laptop Versus Axe!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztbIwH7gz7o) — Chaos On Stage At CodeCon — Film at 11 +> NEWSFLASH! Tahoe-LAFS Developer Goes Crazy — [Laptop Versus Axe!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztbIwH7gz7o) — Chaos On Stage At CodeCon — Film at 11 * 2009-14-13 — v1.4 released! -This is a major release adding garbage collection, improved diagnostics, and fixing a major performance problem with downloading multi-GB files. Please see the [Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@!20090414025430-92b7f-6e06ebbd16f80e68a6141d44fc25cc1d49726b22. +> This is a major release adding garbage collection, improved diagnostics, and fixing a major performance problem with downloading multi-GB files. Please see the [Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@!20090414025430-92b7f-6e06ebbd16f80e68a6141d44fc25cc1d49726b22. * 2009-02-13 — v1.3 released! -This is a major release adding several new features. Please see the [Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@20090214000500-92b7f-26d07f519c69a3e086ee4599620f6d2c0c9b2fcd. +> This is a major release adding several new features. Please see the [Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@20090214000500-92b7f-26d07f519c69a3e086ee4599620f6d2c0c9b2fcd. * 2008-03-25 — Tahoe, the Least-Authority Filesystem v1.0 released! -This is version 1.0. We plan to actively support this branch for the forseeable future and to maintain backwards compatibility with it in future releases of Tahoe. +> This is version 1.0. We plan to actively support this branch for the forseeable future and to maintain backwards compatibility with it in future releases of Tahoe. Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@2348. * 2008-03-13 — Allmydata.org Tahoe v0.9 released! -This is a major release of allmydata.org "Tahoe" — Tahoe is now considered stable enough to store valuable data. +> This is a major release of allmydata.org "Tahoe" — Tahoe is now considered stable enough to store valuable data. -Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@2313. +> Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@2313. * 2008-03-14 — Tahoe presented at PyCon @@ -166,95 +166,95 @@ Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@2313. * 2008-02-15 — Allmydata.org Tahoe v0.8.0 released! -This release extends the user interfaces to provide visibility into the operation of the network, and adds preliminary Windows, Macintosh, and FUSE extensions. +> This release extends the user interfaces to provide visibility into the operation of the network, and adds preliminary Windows, Macintosh, and FUSE extensions. -Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@2189. +> Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@2189. * 2008-01-08 — Allmydata.org Tahoe v0.7.0 released! -This release adds decentralized mutable files and directories, a FUSE interface, and a novel open source licence. +> This release adds decentralized mutable files and directories, a FUSE interface, and a novel open source licence. -Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@1805. +> Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@1805. * 2007-10-15 — Allmydata.org Tahoe v0.6.1 released! -This release focusses on packaging, documentation, and usability. +> This release focusses on packaging, documentation, and usability. -Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@1430. +> Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@1430. * 2007-09-24 — Allmydata Tahoe v0.6 released! -This release features improved packaging (including binary packages for easier installation), performance, reliability, and potential future-compatibility. +> This release features improved packaging (including binary packages for easier installation), performance, reliability, and potential future-compatibility. -Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@1346. +> Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@1346. * 2007-08-23 — Allmydata Tahoe v0.5.1 released! -This fixes a security flaw in Tahoe v0.5.0. +> This fixes a security flaw in Tahoe v0.5.0. -Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@1154. +> Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@1154. * 2007-08-21 — security flaw -Nathan Wilcox has discovered that the new web API in allmydata-tahoe -version 0.5 is vulnerable to XSRF attack. An XSRF — or "Cross-Site -Reference Forgery" attack — is one in which an attacker creates an -innocuous-looking hyperlink, and if a user clicks on that hyperlink -then it causes deletion or theft of the user's data. We are working -on a fix for this problem, and in the meantime if you have stored any -private or precious data on a tahoe grid, then you can make sure that -you are not exposed to this threat by shutting down your tahoe node -before browsing the web. +> Nathan Wilcox has discovered that the new web API in allmydata-tahoe +> version 0.5 is vulnerable to XSRF attack. An XSRF — or "Cross-Site +> Reference Forgery" attack — is one in which an attacker creates an +> innocuous-looking hyperlink, and if a user clicks on that hyperlink then it +> causes deletion or theft of the user's data. We are working on a fix for +> this problem, and in the meantime if you have stored any private or +> precious data on a tahoe grid, then you can make sure that you are not +> exposed to this threat by shutting down your tahoe node before browsing the +> web. -You can read more about the attack and our fix in this bug tracker ticket: +> You can read more about the attack and our fix in this bug tracker ticket: -[//trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/98 ] + [//trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/98 ] * 2008-09-23 — FAST'09 paper -[A Performance Evaluation and Examination of Open-Source Erasure Coding Libraries For Storage](http://www.cs.utk.edu/~plank/plank/papers/FAST-2009.html) will be presented at [FAST-2009: 7th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies](http://www.usenix.org/events/fast09) + [A Performance Evaluation and Examination of Open-Source Erasure Coding Libraries For Storage](http://www.cs.utk.edu/~plank/plank/papers/FAST-2009.html) will be presented at [FAST-2009: 7th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies](http://www.usenix.org/events/fast09) * 2008-08-24 — interactive illustration -Here is an [interactive illustration](http://bigasterisk.com/tahoe-playground) showing how Tahoe works, thanks to Drew Perttula. +> Here is an [interactive illustration](http://bigasterisk.com/tahoe-playground) showing how Tahoe works, thanks to Drew Perttula. * 2008-08-18 — publication of a paper describing Tahoe -[//trac/chrome/lafs.pdf The paper describing Tahoe] has been accepted into the ACM [Storage, Security, and Survivability Workshop](http://storagess.org/2008) + [//trac/chrome/lafs.pdf The paper describing Tahoe] has been accepted into the ACM [Storage, Security, and Survivability Workshop](http://storagess.org/2008) * 2008-07-21 — v1.2 released! -This release fixes a security flaw in Tahoe v1.1 and offers several other improvements. Please see the [Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@2789 +> This release fixes a security flaw in Tahoe v1.1 and offers several other improvements. Please see the [Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@2789 * 2008-07-18 — The *Hack Tahoe! * contest is now in progress! -[//hacktahoelafs/ ] + [//hacktahoelafs/ ] * 2008-07-10 — Justin Boreta helped me make this web page look much better. Thanks, Justin! --Zooko * 2008-06-11 — Tahoe, the Least-Authority Filesystem v1.1 released! -This release fixes several serious issues in Tahoe v1.0, and improves the user interfaces. Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@2693. +> This release fixes several serious issues in Tahoe v1.0, and improves the user interfaces. Please see [the Release Notes]source:relnotes.txt@2693. * 2008-04-30 — in the news -Tahoe is reviewed by the weekly programmer magazine [LWN.net](http://lwn.net/Articles/280483/). +> Tahoe is reviewed by the weekly programmer magazine [LWN.net](http://lwn.net/Articles/280483/). * 2007-08-17 — Allmydata Tahoe v0.5 is released. -[release announcement and discussion](http://lists.zooko.com/pipermail/p2p-hackers/2007-August/001209.html) + [release announcement and discussion](http://lists.zooko.com/pipermail/p2p-hackers/2007-August/001209.html) * 2007-06-29 — Allmydata Tahoe v0.4 is released. -[release announcment and discussion](http://lists.zooko.com/pipermail/p2p-hackers/2007-June/001124.html) + [release announcment and discussion](http://lists.zooko.com/pipermail/p2p-hackers/2007-June/001124.html) * 2007-06-11 — Allmydata Tahoe v0.3 is released. -[release announcement and discussion](http://lists.zooko.com/pipermail/p2p-hackers/2007-June/001074.html) + [release announcement and discussion](http://lists.zooko.com/pipermail/p2p-hackers/2007-June/001074.html) * 2007-02-02 — Allmydata Tahoe v0.2 is released. -[release announcement and discussion](http://lists.zooko.com/pipermail/p2p-hackers/2007-May/001041.html) + [release announcement and discussion](http://lists.zooko.com/pipermail/p2p-hackers/2007-May/001041.html) # Old Buzz @@ -262,8 +262,7 @@ Tahoe is reviewed by the weekly programmer magazine [LWN.net](http://lwn.net/Art

2008-08-24 — Here is an interactive illustration showing how Tahoe works, thanks to Drew Perttula.

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