diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index cfceae3e..70bfda48 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -232,3 +232,6 @@ tarsnap_keygen_CFLAGS=				\
 tarsnap_keygen_LDADD= -lcrypto
 
 tarsnap_keygen_dist_man_MANS=	keygen/tarsnap-keygen.1
+
+#  Tarsnap sample configuration file
+sysconf_DATA	=	tar/tarsnap.conf.sample
diff --git a/storage/storage.h b/storage/storage.h
index b316914b..1d720af0 100644
--- a/storage/storage.h
+++ b/storage/storage.h
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ typedef struct storage_read_internal	STORAGE_R;
 typedef struct storage_write_internal	STORAGE_W;
 typedef struct storage_delete_internal	STORAGE_D;
 
+/*
+ * Should the storage code be aggressive in its networking by using multiple
+ * TCP connections for writes?
+ */
+extern int storage_aggressive_networking;
+
 /**
  * storage_read_init(machinenum):
  * Prepare for read operations.  Note that since reads are non-transactional,
diff --git a/storage/storage_write.c b/storage/storage_write.c
index 819320a4..6efd0107 100644
--- a/storage/storage_write.c
+++ b/storage/storage_write.c
@@ -18,12 +18,24 @@
  */
 #define MAXPENDING_WRITEBYTES	(5 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/*
+ * Number of connections to use for writes when --aggressive-networking is
+ * enabled.  This MUST NOT be set to more than 8.
+ */
+#define AGGRESSIVE_CNUM	8
+
 struct storage_write_internal {
 	/* Transaction parameters. */
-	NETPACKET_CONNECTION * NPC;
+	NETPACKET_CONNECTION * NPC[AGGRESSIVE_CNUM];
 	uint64_t machinenum;
 	uint8_t nonce[32];
 
+	/* Number of connections to use. */
+	size_t numconns;
+
+	/* Last connection through which a request was sent. */
+	size_t lastcnum;
+
 	/* Number of bytes of pending writes. */
 	size_t nbytespending;
 };
@@ -62,6 +74,12 @@ static handlepacket_callback callback_fexist_response;
 static sendpacket_callback callback_write_file_send;
 static handlepacket_callback callback_write_file_response;
 
+/*
+ * Should the storage code be aggressive in its networking by using multiple
+ * TCP connections for writes?
+ */
+int storage_aggressive_networking = 0;
+
 /**
  * storage_write_start(machinenum, lastseq, seqnum):
  * Start a write transaction, presuming that ${lastseq} is the the sequence
@@ -74,6 +92,7 @@ storage_write_start(uint64_t machinenum, const uint8_t lastseq[32],
     uint8_t seqnum[32])
 {
 	struct storage_write_internal * S;
+	size_t i;
 
 	/* Allocate memory. */
 	if ((S = malloc(sizeof(struct storage_write_internal))) == NULL)
@@ -82,15 +101,23 @@ storage_write_start(uint64_t machinenum, const uint8_t lastseq[32],
 	/* Store machine number. */
 	S->machinenum = machinenum;
 
+	/* Figure out how many connections to use. */
+	S->numconns = storage_aggressive_networking ? AGGRESSIVE_CNUM : 1;
+
+	/* No connections used yet. */
+	S->lastcnum = 0;
+
 	/* No pending writes so far. */
 	S->nbytespending = 0;
 
-	/* Open netpacket connection. */
-	if ((S->NPC = netpacket_open()) == NULL)
-		goto err1;
+	/* Open netpacket connections. */
+	for (i = 0; i < S->numconns; i++) {
+		if ((S->NPC[i] = netpacket_open()) == NULL)
+			goto err1;
+	}
 
 	/* Start a write transaction. */
-	if (storage_transaction_start_write(S->NPC, machinenum,
+	if (storage_transaction_start_write(S->NPC[0], machinenum,
 	    lastseq, S->nonce))
 		goto err2;
 
@@ -101,8 +128,10 @@ storage_write_start(uint64_t machinenum, const uint8_t lastseq[32],
 	return (S);
 
 err2:
-	netpacket_close(S->NPC);
+	i = S->numconns;
 err1:
+	for (i--; i < S->numconns; i--)
+		netpacket_close(S->NPC[i]);
 	free(S);
 err0:
 	/* Failure! */
@@ -128,7 +157,7 @@ storage_write_fexist(STORAGE_W * S, char class, const uint8_t name[32])
 	C.done = 0;
 
 	/* Ask the netpacket layer to send a request and get a response. */
-	if (netpacket_op(S->NPC, callback_fexist_send, &C))
+	if (netpacket_op(S->NPC[0], callback_fexist_send, &C))
 		goto err0;
 
 	/* Wait until the server has responded or we have failed. */
@@ -269,7 +298,8 @@ storage_write_file(STORAGE_W * S, uint8_t * buf, size_t len,
 	}
 
 	/* Ask the netpacket layer to send a request and get a response. */
-	if (netpacket_op(S->NPC, callback_write_file_send, C))
+	S->lastcnum = (S->lastcnum + 1) % S->numconns;
+	if (netpacket_op(S->NPC[S->lastcnum], callback_write_file_send, C))
 		goto err2;
 
 	/* Success! */
@@ -396,14 +426,16 @@ storage_write_flush(STORAGE_W * S)
 int
 storage_write_end(STORAGE_W * S)
 {
+	size_t i;
 
 	/* Flush any pending writes. */
 	if (storage_write_flush(S))
 		goto err2;
 
-	/* Close netpacket connection. */
-	if (netpacket_close(S->NPC))
-		goto err1;
+	/* Close netpacket connections. */
+	for (i = S->numconns - 1; i < S->numconns; i--)
+		if (netpacket_close(S->NPC[i]))
+			goto err1;
 
 	/* Free structure. */
 	free(S);
@@ -412,8 +444,10 @@ storage_write_end(STORAGE_W * S)
 	return (0);
 
 err2:
-	netpacket_close(S->NPC);
+	i = S->numconns;
 err1:
+	for (i--; i < S->numconns; i--)
+		netpacket_close(S->NPC[i]);
 	free(S);
 
 	/* Failure! */
@@ -428,9 +462,11 @@ storage_write_end(STORAGE_W * S)
 void
 storage_write_free(STORAGE_W * S)
 {
+	size_t i;
 
-	/* Close netpacket connection. */
-	netpacket_close(S->NPC);
+	/* Close netpacket connections. */
+	for (i = S->numconns - 1; i < S->numconns; i--)
+		netpacket_close(S->NPC[i]);
 
 	/* Free structure. */
 	free(S);
diff --git a/tar-version b/tar-version
index ece61c60..f9cbc01a 100644
--- a/tar-version
+++ b/tar-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.6
\ No newline at end of file
+1.0.7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tar/bsdtar.c b/tar/bsdtar.c
index 9e83fd75..03bb7954 100644
--- a/tar/bsdtar.c
+++ b/tar/bsdtar.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct option {
 #include "bsdtar.h"
 #include "crypto.h"
 #include "network.h"
+#include "storage.h"
 #include "sysendian.h"
 
 #if !HAVE_DECL_OPTARG
@@ -135,7 +136,8 @@ static const char *tar_opts = "+@:BC:cdf:HhI:kLlmnOoPprtT:UvW:wX:x";
 
 /* Fake short equivalents for long options that otherwise lack them. */
 enum {
-	OPTION_CACHEDIR=1,
+	OPTION_AGGRESSIVE_NETWORKING=1,
+	OPTION_CACHEDIR,
 	OPTION_CHECK_LINKS,
 	OPTION_CHROOT,
 	OPTION_EXCLUDE,
@@ -170,6 +172,7 @@ enum {
  */
 static const struct option tar_longopts[] = {
 	{ "absolute-paths",     no_argument,       NULL, 'P' },
+	{ "aggressive-networking", no_argument,	   NULL, OPTION_AGGRESSIVE_NETWORKING },
 	{ "cachedir",		required_argument, NULL, OPTION_CACHEDIR },
 	{ "cd",                 required_argument, NULL, 'C' },
 	{ "check-links",        no_argument,       NULL, OPTION_CHECK_LINKS },
@@ -332,6 +335,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 */
 	while ((opt = bsdtar_getopt(bsdtar, tar_opts, &option)) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
+		case OPTION_AGGRESSIVE_NETWORKING: /* tarsnap */
+			storage_aggressive_networking = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'B': /* GNU tar */
 			/* libarchive doesn't need this; just ignore it. */
 			break;
@@ -642,6 +648,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		only_mode(bsdtar, "--null", "cxt");
 
 	/* Check boolean options only permitted in certain modes. */
+	if (storage_aggressive_networking)
+		only_mode(bsdtar, "--aggressive-networking", "c");
 	if (bsdtar->option_dont_traverse_mounts)
 		only_mode(bsdtar, "--one-file-system", "c");
 	if (bsdtar->option_fast_read)
@@ -1001,8 +1009,8 @@ configfile_helper(struct bsdtar *bsdtar, const char *line)
 	char * conf_arg;
 	size_t optlen;
 
-	/* Ignore comments. */
-	if (line[0] == '#')
+	/* Ignore comments and blank lines. */
+	if ((line[0] == '#') || (line[0] == '\0'))
 		return (0);
 
 	/* Duplicate line. */
@@ -1023,7 +1031,7 @@ configfile_helper(struct bsdtar *bsdtar, const char *line)
 
 		/*
 		 * If the line is whitespace-terminated, there might not be
-		 * an option here after all.
+		 * an argument here after all.
 		 */
 		if (conf_arg[0] == '\0')
 			conf_arg = NULL;
@@ -1093,7 +1101,8 @@ configfile_helper(struct bsdtar *bsdtar, const char *line)
 			bsdtar->option_totals++;
 	} else {
 		bsdtar_errc(bsdtar, 1, 0,
-		    "Unrecognized configuration file option: %s", conf_opt);
+		    "Unrecognized configuration file option: \"%s\"",
+		    conf_opt);
 	}
 
 	/* Free memory allocated by strdup. */
diff --git a/tar/tarsnap.1 b/tar/tarsnap.1
index 314f028f..1474cc92 100644
--- a/tar/tarsnap.1
+++ b/tar/tarsnap.1
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ The specified
 .Nm
 archive is read and the entries in it will be
 appended to the current archive.
+.It Fl -aggressive-networking
+(c mode only)
+Use multiple TCP connections to send data to the
+.Nm
+server.
+If the upload rate is congestion-limited rather than
+being limited by individual bottleneck(s), this may
+allow tarsnap to use a significantly larger fraction
+of the available bandwidth, at the expense of slowing
+down any other network traffic.
 .It Fl C Ar directory
 (c and x modes only)
 In c mode, this changes the directory before adding
diff --git a/tar/tarsnap.conf.sample b/tar/tarsnap.conf.sample
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eac36114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tar/tarsnap.conf.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Tarsnap cache directory
+cachedir /usr/local/tarsnap-cache
+
+# Tarsnap key file
+keyfile /root/tarsnap.key
+
+# Don't archive files which have the nodump flag set
+nodump
+
+# Print statistics when creating or deleting archievs
+print-stats