[tahoe-dev] Stupid question: How can I keep my own data private?

[Jim Dorrington]

I’ll try to explain my experience in more detail below.
Having worked my way through the “the quickstart instructions” (http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/quickstart.html) and some suggestions in this thread (http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=2ccb39621f492815b0e21502750aebd4&topic=2158.msg29877#msg29877)
I did the following on my Ubuntu (64-bit) machine:-
•	sudo apt-get install tahoe-lafs
•	tahoe create-client
•	gedit ~/.tahoe/tahoe.cfg
•	edit the following lines into its tahoe.cfg file:
nickname = Choose Another nickname than "None"
introducer.furl = pb://tin57bdenwkigkujmh6rwgztcoh7ya7t@pubgrid.tahoe-lafs.org:50528/introducer
helper.furl = pb://sp26qyqclbwjv6lgqdxik5lfdlxrkpnz@skulls.nodes.soultcer.com:44519/io4e5utfosaxibnm7nk6viqjj6i4yd2g
stats_gatherer.furl = pb://cmmth6b3lsj2orir3u5yqwwae7xfmxxq@pubgrid.tahoe-lafs.org:51424/jdoyd3kke4zqkmmvlhveb57xsw623kh5
•	tahoe start
I then used firefox to go to the public test grid :-http://127.0.0.1:3456/uri/URI:DIR2:ctmtx2awdo4xt77x5xxaz6nyxm:n5t546ddvd6xlv4v6se6sjympbdbvo7orwizuzl42urm73sxazqa/

And created a folder into which I uploaded a few files.
I then successfully accessed these files.

I then opened another persons folder, that was visible and was able to download their data.
Obviously this Public Test area is open for all. 

What I need is access to a grid where I can securely store my own data and also make one of my empty hard drives available to the grid.

I just can't seem to find any information on how to do this.

Thanks for any suggestions.


>I’m afraid it’s past midnight here in the UK. I will reply in more detail tomorrow morning.
>Regards