diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 090ae6637..2f4fb1381 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Deny from all
   # Protect repository directory from browsing
   RewriteRule "(^|/)\.git" - [F]
 
+
   # Rewrite current-style URLs of the form 'index.php?q=x'.
   # Also place auth information into REMOTE_USER for sites running
   # in CGI mode.
diff --git a/mod/cloud.php b/mod/cloud.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7725d5a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mod/cloud.php
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+<?php
+
+	// This module is currently !!!HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL!!!
+	// You should think twice before running this on a production server
+	// as security mechanisms are not yet implemented and those that
+	// are implemented probably don't work.
+
+	// DAV mounts will probably fail if you don't use SSL, because some platforms refuse to send
+	// basic auth over non-encrypted connections.
+	// One could use digest auth - but then one has to calculate the A1 digest and store it for
+	// all acounts. We aren't doing that. We have a stored password already. We don't need another
+	// one. The login unfortunately is the channel nickname (webbie) as we have no way of passing 
+	// the destination channel to DAV. You should be able to login with your account credentials 
+	// and be directed to your default channel. 
+
+	// This interface does not yet support Red stored files. Consider any content in your "store" 
+	// directory to be throw-away until advised otherwise.
+
+	if(! get_config('system','enable_cloud'))
+		killme();
+
+
+	use Sabre\DAV;
+
+    require_once('vendor/autoload.php');
+
+
+	// workaround for HTTP-auth in CGI mode
+	if(x($_SERVER,'REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER')) {
+	 	$userpass = base64_decode(substr($_SERVER["REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER"],6)) ;
+		if(strlen($userpass)) {
+		 	list($name, $password) = explode(':', $userpass);
+			$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] = $name;
+			$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] = $password;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if(x($_SERVER,'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION')) {
+	 	$userpass = base64_decode(substr($_SERVER["HTTP_AUTHORIZATION"],6)) ;
+		if(strlen($userpass)) {
+		 	list($name, $password) = explode(':', $userpass);
+			$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] = $name;
+			$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] = $password;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+class RedBasicAuth extends Sabre\DAV\Auth\Backend\AbstractBasic {
+
+    protected function validateUserPass($username, $password) {
+		require_once('include/auth.php');
+		$record = account_verify_password($email,$pass);
+		if($record && $record['account_default_channel']) {
+			$r = q("select * from channel where channel_account_id = %d and channel_id = %d limit 1",
+				intval($record['account_id']),
+				intval($record['account_default_channel'])
+			);
+			if($r) {
+				$this->currentUser = $r[0]['channel_address'];
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		$r = q("select channel_account_id from channel where channel_address = '%s' limit 1",
+			dbesc($username)
+		);
+		if($r) {
+			$x = q("select * from account where account_id = %d limit 1",
+				intval($r[0]['channel_account_id'])
+			);
+			if($x) {
+			    foreach($x as $record) {
+			        if(($record['account_flags'] == ACCOUNT_OK) || ($record['account_flags'] == ACCOUNT_UNVERIFIED)
+            		&& (hash('whirlpool',$record['account_salt'] . $password) === $record['account_password'])) {
+			            logger('(DAV) RedBasicAuth: password verified for ' . $username);
+            			return true;
+        			}
+    			}
+			}
+		}
+	    logger('(DAV) RedBasicAuth: password failed for ' . $username);
+    	return false;
+	}
+}
+
+
+function cloud_init() {
+
+
+	$rootDirectory = new DAV\FS\Directory('store');
+	$server = new DAV\Server($rootDirectory);
+	$lockBackend = new DAV\Locks\Backend\File('store/data/locks');
+	$lockPlugin = new DAV\Locks\Plugin($lockBackend);
+
+	$server->addPlugin($lockPlugin);
+
+	$auth = new RedBasicAuth();
+
+	$auth->Authenticate($server,'Red Matrix');
+
+
+	// All we need to do now, is to fire up the server
+	$server->exec();
+
+	exit;
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version.inc b/version.inc
index 5f3b9d095..97a5c28f4 100644
--- a/version.inc
+++ b/version.inc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2013-10-21.473
+2013-10-22.474