[Sussex] Dropbox like system

[Richie Jarvis]

You could give Sparklebox a try - it seems to work quite well, and is 
backed by git.

Cheers,

Richie

On 05/12/2012 11:24, Steve Dobson wrote:
> Hi John
>
> On 05/12/12 08:47, John Crowhurst wrote:
>> I was using SyncBack for a while, I'm now using something called syncovery. However, it's proprietary and not free.
>> I just wondered how Dropbox like services work and whether it is easy to setup on a remote host.
> To be honest I don't know - but now I'm starting to play with these
> Android devices the cloud is making a lot more sense.
>
>> I think that depends on what you are wanting. I've noticed that
>> ecryptfs works as an intermediary layer and encrypts the file
>> contents, rather than the whole drive. Without the layer, the
>> files are useless.
>>
>> I would have thought something like a true crypt or tcfs volume
>> would be a better choice for a laptop as nobody can see inside
>> the drive but the person with the key.
> Absolutely.  Encrypting the whole disk, including the meta data, means
> that the authorities won't know what is worth cracking and what isn't.
> Systems that only encrypt the file content meant that "Plan for World
> Domination.doc" is probably worth cracking, where as "Laundary List.xls"
> isn't.  :-)
>
>> A home setup probably wouldn't need a VPN since everyone is effectively
>> trusted, and wouldn't need encryption either.
> Only if access is only done via a trusted network.  If your home server
> is public facing...
>
>> I wondered how Dropbox does it, the connection is obviously encrypted
>> but is it client side encryption or server side?.
> Security is the one time when paranoia is a good thing.  Whatever
> Dropbox say they do, do you trust them?  Do they have a backdoor that
> allows them to decrypt the data stored on their systems?
>
> Steve