[Owncloud] Re: Connecting to Diaspora

[matthias sweertvaegher]

hi Jan-Christoph,

I am just a spectator on this list, but since I am also interested in
tahoe I couldn't help but reply :)

I've looked at it in the past, but couldn't see how one can use it in
a personal use case, it seems more for storage service providers.
So, it might be a stupid question, but how would you apply this to owncloud?

I guess you would have to run the gateway on some public server
(because you want to access your data from anywhere). Most people only
have 1 server, so you would run the storage server on the gateway
server as well? But does it make sense then to use a distributed
filessystem if you don't use it that way? :)

Writing this down, I realise, maybe you mean to focus on the
availability of your data: you can add other storage servers in case
your own server goes down (google storage, S3, etc)..?
Or is it more like Wuala, in which you "donate" some of your own
harddrive space and bandwidth to anonymous users and in turn you get
more in the cloud? It would be more an ourCloud then instead of just
our own, I guess ;)

matthias

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Jan-Christoph Borchardt
<JanCBorchardt at fsfe.org> wrote:
> A follow-up to connecting ownCloud with Diaspora:
>
> Connecting Dropbox to Diaspora now works via the app http://cubbi.es –
> making it possible to share files stored in one’s Dropbox:
> https://joindiaspora.com/status_messages/259526
>
> I talked to Ilya Zhitomirskiy of Diaspora about connecting ownCloud to it.
> He said that his roommate worked on the Dropbox integration, so if anyone
> is interested in taking on the ownCloud connection and curious how they
> did it, they could ask him.
>
> I don‘t know if there are any plans for an API – but just in case, he
> mentioned:
> »When you get to building the API, do an identical clone to the Dropbox
> one. That way it‘s super easy for developers to integrate, that way all
> they need to do is switch the endpoint.«
>
> He also asked about why we don‘t use Tahoe-LAFS – which I answered because
> of dependencies (Tahoe is Python). But if there are any questions about
> cryptography:
> »The main developer swung by a Diaspora meetup, he was pretty smart dude,
> who knows everything about crypto. Let me know if you guys want an intro.«
>
>
> So while I‘m no backend developer I hope the info is helpful. If you have
> further questions please let me know. :)
>
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