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diff --git a/report/chapters/1-intr.tex b/report/chapters/1-intr.tex index 53afd30..94c805b 100644 --- a/report/chapters/1-intr.tex +++ b/report/chapters/1-intr.tex @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ data/information on their servers and at the same time there is a lot of evidence of governments and other powerful organizations being able to access information/data stored on the Internet companies' computers\cite{website:wikileaks-spyfiles}. Also, most companies add a -standard clause in their privacy policy that allows them to disclose +standard clause in their privacy policy that allow them to disclose information about users or information stored/created by users to ``third parties'': @@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ N node directories; shards \verb+strunk-white.pdf.shard0+ to \end{figure} combox does not sync encrypted shards stored in the node directories -to the respective file storage providers' servers and it depends on the -respective file storage provider's client program to sync the +to the respective file storage providers' data store and it depends on +the respective file storage provider's client program to sync the shards. combox can be used on all of the user's computers. For instance, the @@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ reconstruct the file from the encrypted shards stored in the node directories into the combox directory on their second computer; figure \ref{fig:1-combox-overview-1} illustrates this. Here too, combox depends on the client program of the respective file storage provider -to sync shards to/from the file storage provider's server to/from the -respective node directory on the user's computer. +to sync shards to/from the file storage provider's data store to/from +the respective node directory on the user's computer. \begin{figure}[h] \begin{verbatim} @@ -125,17 +125,17 @@ respective node directory on the user's computer. \label{fig:1-combox-overview-1} \end{figure} -As of combox \verb+v0.2.3+, combox is compatible on GNU/Linux and OS -X, it supports just two file storage providers -- Google Drive and -Dropbox. +As of combox version \verb+0.2.3+, combox is compatible on GNU/Linux +and OS X, it supports just two file storage providers -- Google Drive +and Dropbox. \section{How is combox different from Combo-Box?}\label{1-sec-cb-diff} Combo-Box by Wesley Vollmar\cite{vollmar-combo-box} was the first implementation of the idea of storing encrypted shards of a file on storage provided different file storage providers and depending on the -file storage provider's client to sync shards to their respective -servers. Differences between Vollmar's Combo-Box and combox are +file storage provider's client to sync shards to their respective data +store. Differences between Vollmar's Combo-Box and combox are enumerated below: \begin{description} @@ -147,18 +147,18 @@ enumerated below: while combox is not yet cognizant about space left on each node directory and splits the file into N equal shards, where N is equal to the number of node directories. -\item[User Interface] Combo-Box is graphical application while combox - is mostly a commandline program; combox's configuration wizard has a - graphical interface. The configuration wizard has a commandline - interface too for users who like TUI. +\item[User Interface] Combo-Box is a graphical application while + combox is mostly a command-line program; combox's configuration + wizard has a graphical interface. The configuration wizard has a + command-line interface too for users who like TUI. \item[Database] Combo-Box uses a traditional SQL database with two tables to keep track of files' shards, files' hash, files' last ``sync time'' and for ``security and stability'' uses stored procedures that retrieve/store information in the database\cite{vollmar-combo-box}. - combox on the other hand uses a no SQL key-value data store to track - the files stored in the combox directory using the pickleDB + combox on the other hand uses a key-value data store to track the + files stored in the combox directory using the pickleDB library\cite{pylib:pickledb}. The key-value data store is a JSON file and all access to this data store is done through an instance of \verb+combox.silo.ComboxSilo+ |