[tahoe-dev] Android Tahoe-LAFS client

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn zooko at zooko.com
Tue Oct 6 22:56:26 UTC 2009


So just to be extra double clear about this, it is *possible* to run  
a Tahoe-LAFS gateway on an embedded ARM system -- François has  
contributed a buildbot that we use to test that -- but what the  
Android client runs is *not* a Tahoe-LAFS gateway, but instead just  
an HTTP client.  Right, François?

So neither storage (which is provided by storage servers) nor  
security (which is provided by Tahoe-LAFS gateways) is provided by  
the Android device.

If you are confused about the difference between a Tahoe-LAFS gateway  
and a Tahoe-LAFS client, please see this diagram:

http://tahoebs1.allmydata.com:8123/file/URI%3ACHK% 
3Aw5ggttx55tj6e6ah6zvysxmqum% 
3Aarthiemgeotsk2wmlxsyigsudvuglevbj4uprzywmcr5ooay72va%3A3%3A10% 
3A164776/@@named=/network-and-reliance-topology.svg

Regards,

Zooko


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