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WebFS stores data in things it calls "Stores". Stores can be anything that takes data and gives back a key to retrieve the data. Right now we have an IPFS and
by brendoncarroll 7y ago
WebFS stores data in things it calls "Stores". Stores can be anything that takes data and gives back a key to retrieve the data. Right now we have an IPFS and HTTP store built. An FTP server could also work as a store.
If you or a friend run the HTTP or FTP server then it will persist the data for you. IPFS doesn't incentivize data persistence so if WebFS is working on top of IPFS it inherits that problem. You could run WebFS on top of one of the storage networks and persisting your blobs would be incentivized.
WebFS is storage layer agnostic. Give it a Store, and it will give you a file system.
- mirimir 7y agoOK, cool. I understand now. So if WebFS is running on a system with access to Tor SocksPorts, can Stores be onion URLs? Edit: If not, one could presumably route WebFS through OnionCat's IPv6 /48. But that only works with v2 onions, which are deprecated. However, tinc works with v3 onions. And either of those gives you UDP transport.
- brendoncarroll 7y agoYes, you could use the HTTP Store over Tor. I think you would have to configure the proxy environment variables for Go's HTTP client.
- mirimir 7y agoThanks. I'll try it, and comment on GitHub.