Acknowledgements

Software used

• Go
• ScyllaDB
• Nginx
• Ubuntu Server edition
• Debian

Programming libraries

• scylladb/gocql (database communication)
• scylladb/gocqlx (database communication)
• BurntSushi/toml (server configuration)
• klauspost/reedsolomon (reed-solomon erasure coding)
• julienschmidt/httprouter (request routing)
• gabriel-vasile/mimetype (MIME type detection)
• disintegration/imaging (image thumbnail generation)
• ffmpeg (video thumbnail generation)
• gorilla/websocket (websocket support on file viewer)
• shopspring/decimal (currency handling)
• jhillyerd/enmime (e-mail parser)
• russross/blackfriday (markdown renderer)
• microcosm-cc/bluemonday (HTML sanitizer)
• j-muller/go-torrent-parser (torrent file parser)

Web framework

• Svelte

Other resources

• The map image on the home page is from Wikimedia Commons and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
• The background image on the home page is by NASA Goddard and is allowed to be used commercially.

Security work

• 2020-12-06 Security researcher Arian Firoozfar reported a cross-site scripting vulnerability on the file viewer page. The issue was fixed the following day. On the 26th another XSS vulnerability was found on the account settings page, it was fixed later that day.

• 2017-12-04 Security researcher Hangyi reported a cross-site scripting vulnerability on the file viewer page. The issue was fixed on the 6th.

If you have discovered a security issue in pixeldrain please disclose it responsibly at support@pixeldrain.com. We do not have a bug bounty program.