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`libstore` is used to provide a generic interface to access data (read/write) on
backing stores. This library implements many different backends which allow the
abstract store interface to be used with common types of storage -- devices,
files, memory, tasks, etc.  It also allows stores to be combined and filtered in
various ways.

It more than just a thin layer between [[GNU Mach|microkernel/mach/gnumach]]
devices (`hd0` for example) and the device node below `/dev/`...

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# Available Stores

[[!map pages="*_store and !*/discussion"
show=title]]

At <http://www.kataplop.net/pub/info/projets> you can find some effort to make
some crypto store.

At <http://www.trek.eu.org/devel/hurd/crypt-trans-0.0.3.tgz>, another package
can be found.


# Examples

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# Open Issues

## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-07-29

[[!tag open_issue_documentation open_issue_hurd]]

    <teythoon> and I read hammys paper about mobile code, is it true that the
      store code is loaded into the client? who is the server and who is the
      client in this context?
    <braunr> teythoon: "store code" ?
    <teythoon> libstore
    <braunr> the hurd libstore ?
    <teythoon> yes
    <braunr> hum, what paper ?
    <teythoon> braunr:
      http://users.student.lth.se/cs07fh9/2009-hammar-hurd-mobility.pdf
    <braunr> how nice
    <tschwinge> braunr: http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/news/2010-01-31.html
    <teythoon> it raises an important point btw, the authentication done by
      processes on the Hurd is one sided, only the client authenticates at the
      server
    <braunr> yes
    <tschwinge> It'S also mentioned in
      http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/documentation.html -- but of
      course, any results he got from his work really should be integrated more
      properly into the existing body of documents.
    <tschwinge> As with so many other documents/discussions/etc.  ;-|


## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-11-12

[[!tag open_issue_hurd]]

    <phcoder> Is it possible to specify hurd root by sth else than device name?
      E.g. fs UUID?
    <teythoon> phcoder: I do not believe so