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A Virtual Device Driver to Allow Online File Access Control

A common interface is needed, which allows userland applications to perform online file access control. Dazuko aims to provide that interface.

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• 9 Oct 2008 - The next release candidate for DazukoFS 3.0.0 has been posted. A new ignore-device has been added to allow applications to avoid being detected by DazukoFS. This is disabled by default, but may be necessary for some applications. Also, a few important bugs were fixed, thanks to several reports. If you see *any* warnings or errors, please report them.
• 24 Sep 2008 - The first release candidate for DazukoFS 3.0.0 has been posted. DazukoFS is a complete rewrite of Dazuko. It is based on nullfs and provides a totally new interface. DazukoFS is significantly faster than Dazuko. An article will be posted here that shows benchmarks and digs into the technology. Be aware that Dazuko and DazukoFS are totally separate. Applications written for Dazuko will not work with DazukoFS and vice versa. However, it is possible to have both Dazuko and DazukoFS running at the same time (to allow applications to transition to DazukoFS).
• 6 Aug 2008 - nullfs 0.0.4 has been posted. This version supports Linux 2.6.26. Please see the CHANGELOG included in the package for a full list of changes.
• 30 Jul 2008 - Some problems with the changes relating to memory allocation were discovered in the first pre-release. Version 2.3.6-pre2 has been posted and should address these issues.
• 17 Jul 2008 - Pre-release version 2.3.6-pre1 has been posted. This version adds suport for the new RedirFS 0.3 API. Use the "--redirfsdir" configure option to build Dazuko as a RedirFS filter.
• 12 Jul 2008 - Kernel patches for Linux 2.6.26 and openSUSE 11.0 have been added to the Downloads page.
• 18 Jun 2008 - Dazuko 2.3.5 and nullfs 0.0.3 have been merged together as DazukoFS. This is now available in the development section of the Downloads page. Testers are welcome, but please be aware that nullfs is still considered experimental. Be sure to read through the README's within the package.
• 7 Jun 2008 - 2.3.5 has been released. It has been made available in patch form for Linux kernels after 2.6.22. Please see the README listed next to each download.
• 17 May 2008 - Version 0.0.3 of nullfs has been posted in the development downloads. This version now locks the parent directory while making changes to the underlying files. Copyrights and code style has also been updated to bring the code into a form that will be acceptable to mainline Linux.
• 27 Apr 2008 - Version 0.0.2 of nullfs has been posted in the development downloads. This version supports Linux 2.6.25.
• 23 Apr 2008 - Version 0.0.1 of nullfs has been posted in the development downloads. This is a NOOP stackable filesystem that has been written from scratch (though based on the work of the FiST and ecryptfs projects). nullfs will eventually become the basis for DazukoFS (Dazuko 3.0). Using nullfs we will be able to work out any bugs related to stackable filesystems.
• 20 Mar 2008 - The pre-release version 2.3.5-pre1 has now been made available as a Linux 2.6 kernel patch. This patch will allow Dazuko to work with the latest Linux kernels. Please read the README included in the package.
• 20 Feb 2008 - 2.3.5-pre1 has been posted. This addresses a major locking problem on FreeBSD as well as several compiling issues reported with the 2.3.4 version. It also adds support for Dazuko to be compiled as a RedirFS filter.
• 5 Feb 2008 - For Dazuko's 6th birthday the web page has been converted to a Wiki. Anyone who creates an account is free to help improve the information on this web page.
• 17 Dec 2007 - Due to a change in employment, all Dazuko packages have been resigned using the GnuPG key 0xA698DA99. The previous key (0xABE0B106) has been revoked.
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