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These allow client-side code to conveniently retrieve the IDirectoryNode instances for both the global shared public root directory, and the per-user private root directory.
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CODE OVERVIEW
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A brief map to where the code lives in this distribution:
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src/zfec: the erasure-coding library, turns data into shares and back again.
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When installed, this provides the 'zfec' package.
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src/Crypto: a modified version of PyCrypto, which includes a patch to
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greatly improve the speed of CTR mode, which unfortunately makes
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it incompatible with the normal version of PyCrypto. When
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installed, this provides the 'allmydata.Crypto' package.
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src/allmydata: the bulk of the code for this project. When installed, this
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provides the 'allmydata' package
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Within src/allmydata/ :
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interfaces.py: declaration of zope.interface-style Interfaces for most
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components, also defines Foolscap RemoteInterfaces for
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all remotely-accessible components
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node.py: the base Node, which handles connection establishment and
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application startup
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client.py, introducer_and_vdrive.py:
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these are two specialized subclasses of Node, for users and the central
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introducer/vdrive handler, respectively. Each works by assembling a
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collection of services underneath a top-level Node instance.
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introducer.py: node introduction handlers, client is used by client.py,
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server is used by introducer_and_vdrive.py
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storageserver.py: provides storage services to other nodes
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codec.py: low-level erasure coding, wraps zfec
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encode.py: handles turning data into shares and blocks, computes hash trees
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upload.py: upload-side peer selection, reading data from upload sources
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download.py: download-side peer selection, share retrieval, decoding
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dirnode.py: implements the directory nodes. One part runs on the
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global vdrive server, the other runs inside a client
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(starting with vdrive.py)
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vdrive.py: provides a client-side service that accesses the global
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shared virtual drive and the per-user private drive.
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webish.py, web/*.xhtml: provides the web frontend, using a Nevow server
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uri.py: URI packing/parsing routines
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hashtree.py: Merkle hash tree classes
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debugshell.py, manhole.py: SSH-connected python shell, for debug purposes
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util/*.py: misc utility classes
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test/*.py: unit tests
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Both the client and the central introducer-and-vdrive node runs as a tree of
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(twisted.application.service) Service instances. The Foolscap "Tub" is one of
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these. Client nodes have an Uploader service and a Downloader service that
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turn data into URIs and back again. They also have a VirtualDrive service
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which provides access to the single global shared filesystem.
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The Uploader is given an "upload source" (which could be an open filehandle,
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a filename on local disk, or even a string), and returns a Deferred that
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fires with the URI once the upload is complete. The Downloader is given a URI
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and a "download target" (an open filehandle, filename, or instructions to
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provide a string), and fires a Deferred with a target-specific value when the
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download is complete. The source/target API is intended to make it easy to
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stream the incoming data to a media player or HTTP connection without having
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to consume a lot of memory for buffering.
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