Latest Version: Released v1.0.1-beta.13 of plakar in late February with several new features and bug fixes.

• Install with go install github.com/PlakarKorp/plakar/cmd/plakar@v1.0.1-beta.13

Web UI Improvements:

• Importer Selection: Extended UI to filter snapshots by source type.
• Content Browsing: Introduced MIME-based lists for fast file browsing and added custom VFS.
• Timeline: Each directory page now has a Timeline widget to identify snapshot relationships.

New Core Features:

• Checkpointing: Resumes transfers on dropped connections and provides fast resume.
• FTP Exporter: Can backup to and restore from remote FTP servers.
• Better S3 Backend: Can host repositories on various S3 providers; S3 exporter fix coming.

Optimizations:

• B+tree Nodes Caching: Boosts performance by caching B+tree nodes; backup of Korpus repo was 6x faster on first run and 10x faster on second.
• Parallelized Check and Restore: Parallelizes check and restore subcommands for x2 speed boost.
• In-progress Deduplication: Tracks inflight chunks to avoid duplicate writes.

CDC Attacks Publication: Colin Percival co-authored a paper on attacks targeting CDC backup solutions.

• Information Leak: Attacker can infer file existence by simulating chunking process.
• Mitigations: Implemented "read and discard" mechanism with improved randomization.