Fracturing

[CharlesAverill]

Sending shards

• [ ] Split encrypted filedata into n = number_of_connect_machines file shards
• [ ] Prepend n key shards to file shards
  • [x] Requires #4 to get key shards
• [ ] Append -<shard_index> to filename for reconstruction
• [ ] Iterate through list of connected machines and send private key followed by file shards to each machine on predetermined port

Receiving shards

• [ ] Always have port open to receive shards
• [ ] Spawn new socket in thread from configurable-sized thread pool
• [ ] Authenticate data received by comparing received private key with provided public key
  • [ ] Requires #7
• [ ] Write to shardpoint and update file headers if needed