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23 October, late: ZeroLog Desktop 0.2.0, new docs pages, corrected site text

Desktop 0.2.0 adds an SSH terminal, the drive and Tailscale in one click. Four docs pages are new, and several outdated statements on the site were corrected.

User impact: Not reviewed
From the button to the drive or SSHOn first use you download ZeroLog-Connect.exe, accept the SmartScreen warning and compare the checksum. On the Access tab the owner presses Connect drive or Open SSH. ZeroLog creates a one-time code valid for five minutes and passes it to the helper in a zerolog-connect link. The helper swaps it for a device token valid 90 days. It then mounts the container as a drive through an HTTPS tunnel or sets up SSH with a pinned host key. A device can be disconnected at any time, or all at once.1. Access tabConnect driveor Open SSHowner only2. One-time code5 minutes, oncezerolog-connect:// link3. ZeroLog-Connect.exeswaps the code for adevice token, 90 days4a. DriveSMB through an HTTPStunnel, letter from Z4b. SSHkey, pinned host key,ssh zl-NAMEDisconnect one deviceor end all connectionstakes effect at onceFirst time:download the helperSmartScreen warnscompare the SHA-256
How ZeroLog-Connect mounts the drive or opens SSH. Diagram from the new docs page.
Text version

The owner presses Connect. ZeroLog makes a one-time code valid for five minutes. The helper swaps it for a device token and mounts the drive or sets up SSH over HTTPS.

Desktop 0.2.0

  • New setup in the style of the app, an SSH terminal and the drive through ZeroLog-Connect, and Tailscale in one click.
  • The installer is not code-signed. Compare its SHA-256 (66d1dc40516578edf9ac3a11e9854f38ab4df81041d947ea4d580d82b4158753) with the one on the page. We have not yet tested the whole path end to end on a real machine.

Docs

New pages: Tailscale, Connect, preview links and permissions. Updated: key proxy, BYOK, SMB (now pointing to Connect) and desktop control.

Corrections

  • The docs header says "Request access" instead of "Create account", because self-registration is locked. /signup lost its registration form and is invite-only.
  • Pages now separate our operator address in Wettingen from the hosting location.
  • The extension page lost an internal note and an unverified "in review" status. The comparison pages got German link texts and a date line.
  • The mobile docs say the app installs over earlier 1.x versions.

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