Introducing the Keybase filesystem

Post by ptman » Fri, Feb 05, 2016, 10:24 AM UTC

malgorithms wrote: post #71

sjs382 wrote: post #43

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> As for collisions, a "conflict" is handled as you would expect on file syncing services I'm not sure what to expect though. Does it rename subsequent files by appending _##? Or does it overwrite? Or does it allow 2 files with identical filenames, like Google Drive (at least on the web) does?

Oh I see, sorry for not fully answering. Keybase does not merge files or anything source-control like that. In fact, if that's what you want, you can actually init a bare repo inside of Keybase and clone into and out of it. We do this all the time as we're dogfooding. It's cool that every push is signed automatically, and every pull or clone is verified. The conflict resolution Keybase does do is simple and much like…

Post by Wintamute » Fri, Feb 05, 2016, 10:34 AM UTC

morgante wrote: post #304

ary wrote: post #82

About 4 years ago I was involved with a commercial software project attempting to do exactly this. What we built worked but it wasn't positioned in a way that interested our target audience (Enterprise customers). First, bravo for making it happen in a way that is getting people excited. Second, I sincerely wish you the best luck in getting people to pay for it in a way that is sustainable for a business. We built a…

I don't think Keybase is glossing over security at all. First of all, you don't have to use the browser app at all. I personally don't trust Javascript crypto and hence don't do anything in the web app. They're also acutely aware of the dangers of centralization and all the Keybase crypto is based on minimal trust. Check the documentation: https://keybase.io/docs/server_security

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 05, 2016, 10:34 AM UTC

unholygoat wrote: post #330

null0pointer wrote: post #313

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invite sent, check your email. :)

Post by morgante » Fri, Feb 05, 2016, 10:47 AM UTC

Wintamute wrote: post #333

morgante wrote: post #304

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I don't think Keybase is glossing over security at all. First of all, you don't have to use the browser app at all. I personally don't trust Javascript crypto and hence don't do anything in the web app. They're also acutely aware of the dangers of centralization and all the Keybase crypto is based on minimal trust. Check the documentation: https://keybase.io/docs/server_security

Is it JavaScript crypto you don't trust, or in-browser crypto you don't trust?

Post by Aissen » Fri, Feb 05, 2016, 10:48 AM UTC

unholygoat wrote: post #338

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