Re: [perpass] (Possibly Dumb) EMail Security Idea

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Wed, 04 September 2013 22:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [perpass] (Possibly Dumb) EMail Security Idea
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> This reminds me a little bit of what Tahoe-LAFS is doing, since they 
> encrypt, then do erasure coding, and send the pieces out to different 
> servers.  The only difference is that you're doing it with email instead 
> of files.

in berlin, jean lorchat, one of my fellow iij researchers demoed
  an app layer (calendar, but could be anything)
  on top of a layer of a strong identity, sharing, capabilities system
  on top of a distributed (to a bunch of volunteers homes) tahoe-lafs
think diaspora on a secure understructure with strong identity

i would also note the bittorrent sync cousin of these approaches

i like the space

randy