Hi everyone,
this is the third status report on the Tails Server GSoC project.
I had to omit the previous report because personal difficulties were getting in the way.
So here is what I achieved in the last four weeks:
* Revamp the GUI * Replace the status panel with a config panel * Add a loading window
* Implement the persistence feature
* Refactor the code
* Many more changes in the code, you can look at my commit messages if you want more details
* Keep discussing the design of the GUI on the Tails-UX mailing list
The prototype is actually working now. The persistence feature works without dirty hacks now, because anonym kindly implemented a new feature in Tails' persistence (regular files can be bind-mounted now). Because Tails Server now relies on this feature, it will only work properly in this patched Tails version. I will integrate Tails Server in this branch and send a link to a nightly ISO image on tor-dev and tails-dev in the next few days, so you can test it.
Next up is some more polishing of the GUI and writing a short documentation to be able to do some initial user tests. And then there are still a lot of features to implement, like autostarting the services, onion address regeneration, client authentication (not necessarily in scope of the GSoC, but I want it anyway), and many more. And I will have to refactor the code some more.
Cheers!