From d8f752fd55b14cc44ca1b579529233d9f9e6358f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Neumann Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 21:16:39 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Change README text --- README.md | 41 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 28ac8f142..13731ed06 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,36 +1,33 @@ -Foreword -======== +WARNING +======= WARNING: At the moment, consider khepri as alpha quality software, it is not -yet finished. Do not use it for real data yet. +yet finished. Do not use it for real data! Khepri ====== -Khepri is a program that does backups right. It tries to fulfill the -following design goals: +Khepri is a program that does backups right. The design goals are: - * Easy: Every obstacle that is between you and a working - backup solution, especially regarding complex or otherwise hard to use - software. Khepri should be easy to configure and use, so that in the - unlikely event of a catastrophic data loss, you are safe. Likewise, + * Easy: Doing backups should be a frictionless process, otherwise you are + tempted to skip it. Khepri should be easy to configure and use, so that in + the unlikely event of a data loss you can just restore it. Likewise, restoring data should not be complicated. - * Fast: Backing up your data with khepri should only be - limited by your network or harddisk bandwidth. Ideally, you should backup - your files every day. Nobody does backups if it is so slow it takes too - much time. Furthermore, restoring backups should only transfer data that - is needed for the files that are to be restored, so that restoring is - also fast. + * Fast: Backing up your data with khepri should only be limited by your + network or harddisk bandwidth so that you can backup your files every day. + Nobody does backups if it takes too much time. Restoring backups should only + transfer data that is needed for the files that are to be restored, so that + this process is also fast. - * Verifiable: Much more important than backup is restore, so khepri makes it - easy to verify regularly that all data can be restored. + * Verifiable: Much more important than backup is restore, so khepri enables + you to easily verify that all data can be restored. - * Secure: Khepri uses cryptography to guarantee integrity and - confidentiality of your data. The location where the backups is assumed - to be a shared space where others (e.g. a system administrator) is able - to access your backups. Khepri is built to secure your data against such - attackers. + * Secure: Khepri uses cryptography to guarantee confidentiality and integrity + of your data. The location the backup data is stored is assumed not to be a + trusted environment (e.g. a shared space where others like system + administrators are able to access your backups). Khepri is built to secure + your data against such attackers. License =======