From aff1e3eaef1bb1755f5bc178c5f0e293c7181d23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Siddharth Ravikumar Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 14:43:21 -0500 Subject: Started drafting section 1.2 --- report/chapters/1-intr.tex | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) (limited to 'report/chapters/1-intr.tex') diff --git a/report/chapters/1-intr.tex b/report/chapters/1-intr.tex index 78eec35..99a8ce3 100644 --- a/report/chapters/1-intr.tex +++ b/report/chapters/1-intr.tex @@ -127,6 +127,27 @@ Dropbox. \section{How is combox different from Combo-Box?}\label{1-sec-cb-diff} +Combo-Box by Wesley Vollmar\cite{vollman-combo-box} was the first +implementation of the idea storing encrypted shards of a file on the +computers different of different file storage providers. Differences +between Vollmar's Combo-Box and combox are enumerated below: + +\begin{description} +\item[Platform] Combo-Box runs Microsoft Windows, whereas combox runs + on GNU/Linux and OS X and is not compatible with Microsoft Windows. +\item[File splitting] Combo-Box splits a file into shards based on the + space available on each node directory\cite{vollmar-combo-box}, + while combox is not yet cognizant about about space left in 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 + mostly a commandline program; combox's configuration wizard has a + graphical interface and the wizard has a commandline interface for + users who just like to do everything from the commandline. +\item[License] combox is licensed under the GNU General Public License + version 3 or later. +\end{description} + \section{Using combox}\label{1-sec-using-cb} Installing and running combox is relatively easy for Unix users: -- cgit v1.2.3