[tahoe-dev] Using allmydata.com production grid?

David-Sarah Hopwood david-sarah at jacaranda.org
Sat May 30 13:14:35 PDT 2009


Peter Secor wrote:
>    A helper is a node which accepts encrypted data and performs the 
> erasure coding as a service. We have several helpers in our colo and 
> this allows users to only have to upload 1x of their data instead of 
> 3.3x (our expansion factor for erasure coding). For slow links, this is 
> a big help.

This requires trusting the helper for availability but not for
integrity, is that correct?

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