guardata 0.2.0

Desktop client for a modern and trustless data cloud storage service

guardata is a secure and trustless cloud storage service, to share and sync your files with on-premise modern encryption.

Homepage: https://guardata.app

Key features :

• Cloud storage

• Virtual drive

• Time machine

• Local encryption, Trust no one

• Share & sync securely

• Access control and logging

• open source

guardata is based on the Parsec technology developed by Scille. The code base is a fork from parsec-cloud. The cryptographic routines are provided by the lisodium library.

Differences with the Parsec reference implementation :

• The encryption stream cipher algorithm is updated from Salsa20 to Chacha20. guardata is using XChaCha20-Poly1305 which has an IETF draft standard, and is used by NordPass and by CloudFlare.

• The password key derivation algorithm is setup to be 6 times stronger

• Password strength required in the GUI is much higher

• The debug monitoring telemetry is fully removed, for a full hassle-free privacy

• Files blocks cut size is bigger, optimised for internet synchronization

• SHA2 hash is replaced everywhere by Blake2b

• More secure short codes for 2-way auth : from 40 bits with hmac-sha2 to 50 bits with argon2id

• Improve server socket management (parsec-cloud sends header separated from data)

• Data (encrypted) are local only in Windows, not shared with Microsoft through roaming

• UX improved (invitation redirect, offline)

Install

Get the guardata client software on

https://guardata.app/get

Documentation

Documentation is available at

https://docs.guardata.app

guardata history

0.2.0 - 2021-01-15

• Updates in the GUI

  • Update for dark on Mac

  • Fix text escaping some buttons

  • In Windows : workspaces open Explorer

  • Files list preview removed

  • Password change is now in “user” logout menu

  • Fix a code syntax in French translation

  • Fix tab closing issue

  • Default changes : don’t start in full screen, hide temp files

  • Close without confirmation when no login

• Update code quality control

• Fix uncatch exception on mounting (Linux)

• pyInstaller updated on MacOS

0.1.6 - 2020-11-16

• Updates in the GUI

  • Fix crash when loading >2GB file

  • Improve loading file link

  • Email address in sharing list

  • Refine calendar for time machine

  • Copy/paste between worspaces

  • Catch no more remaining drives on Windows

  • All dialogs are non-blocking

  • UX improved for machine greeting

• Works on MacOS 11 (untested on ARM)

• Better stability on Mac

• URL scheme now works on Mac

• various small improvements

0.1.4 - 2020-10-16

• Updates in the GUI

  • Modal stability fix (blank, hidden error, input disabled,…)

  • Various UI improvements on group activation modal

  • Fix dialog crash when closing on Mac

  • More friendly group join data input

  • Nicer widget for snapshot workspaces

  • Show user role in workspace GUI

  • Save GUI window size and position

  • Spinner on GUI directory loading

  • Fix and improve login tabs

  • Version update check on Mac

  • Display data size of the group in the GUI

• Logs on Mac

• Possible args on Mac

• Some Python dependencies updated

• Improve mountpoint cancelling

• Better error display

• Improve server queries handling

0.1.2 - 2020-09-22

• First MacOSX version

• Fix Snap building

• GUI : refresh login list when logout

• GUI : don’t ask to select account if only 1

• Cleanups (pkg, files)

• Windows installer simplified

• Script for dev to add devices/users much faster

• many dependencies updated

• Improve backend management of websocket

0.1.0 - 2020-09-12

• Updates in the GUI

  • Many fixes and improvements

  • Spinners for tiles queries

  • Smaller user/devices tiles

  • Blue tone changed for the official guardata

  • Pagination for users and devices

  • Works when offline or network errors

  • Much faster reencryption

  • Sharing roles change ack

  • Searching for users or devices improved

• Windows data path is local (no roaming)

• Fix Windows path handling

• No more inopportune warnings about resources usage

• Remove all old APIs methods

• Testing env improve (compatibility, UI)

• Python3 specified everywhere

• Network buffer of the backend server improved (send once, receive more)

• Update invitation style

• Add a copy button to redirect invite

• Redirect invite page has automatic internationalization

• Client messages have more buffer

• CI/CD pipelines strenghten and cleanup

• Python package for Windows updated to 3.7.9

• Fix a closing file bug

0.0.4 - 2020-08-30

• Updates in the GUI

  • Filtering in workspace preview

  • Improve device adding

  • Fix bad message with wrong name during claim user

  • Improve Return key detection at login

  • Add spinner when querying the server

• Better handling of Parsec link

• Update Windows installer, restore app icon

• Snap package available

• Improve CI pipelines

• Tests scripts for developers are now working

0.0.2 - 2020-08-25

• First version