{"id":827,"date":"2004-03-21T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2004-03-21T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/archives\/2004\/03\/21\/i-got-dibs\/"},"modified":"2004-03-21T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2004-03-21T20:00:15","slug":"i-got-dibs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2004\/03\/21\/i-got-dibs\/","title":{"rendered":"I got DIBS!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding what you are looking for is all in the keywords. I’ve been looking for a way to exchange backup space with my friends for a while now. “I’ll give you 5 gigs on my machine for 5 gigs on yours”. What I wanted was secure (likely encrypted before leaving the premises), low bandwidth (think rsync), and automated (choose files–>zip–>scp–>remote site is a pain). Tonight I was seriously starting to think about building this myself. So I did just ONE MORE internet search for it. Just to make sure it didn’t already exist. I was into my 5th search or so and about to give up when I plugged in to Google “backup encrypt remote distributed”<\/a>. And there it was almost at the top of the list. DIBS<\/a>, The Distributed Internet Backup System. Now I’m not positive this is it. But it’s looking very promising. I’m excited.<\/p>\n

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:-( It’s not ready for prime time. The code is in Alpha… You have to know the exact name of the file to recover it. The “Recover_All” feature hasn’t been implemented. I wish I were smart enough and had enough time to help out with such projects.<\/p>\n

Maybe Hdup<\/a> can do it. Other possibilities: Hivecache<\/a>, The OceanStore Project<\/a>, Freenet<\/a>, Travis Reeder’s proposal for a Distributed Backup System,
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