Re: [PLUG] Self-managed public drop box?

Very secure:

A known list of customers that drop once a week regularly? Financial companies use this method. You have a user account dedicated to this on a box, they have a user account dedicated on their box. use big keys. create a cronjob. scp or rsync. Done

Security not an issue:

FTP, but they have to have a tech geek that finds joy in this slow process and the need for a terminal

Pretty aesthetics for non-tech customers to make them feel good:

Create an upload webpage that is easy to read. They enter an email and message like "here is that file you asked for" and click a button and get sent some god-awful link like this here:

Here is your upload link! This will expire in 4 hours.

company.com/fd87gghuiwerhgsiurg687sdfyvjk5ytweorgjslrtjhdsi9h/THEPAGE.html

where they can click and upload a file on a new webpage

You have their email now, so you can communicate with them or, if need be, ban them.

Your stuff is open for a set period and closed after the upload. Even if method insecure, at least your vetting and limiting access. You can keep a list of allowed email addresses and have it email you when a NEW one comes online (which you would have to add)

Joe

On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 8:39 PM <gary@duzan.org> wrote:

I've used SyncThing to get music from my desktop (NetBSD) to my phone
(Android). It is a bit clunky, but it works well enough for that. I
wouldn't suggest it for a public drop box, though, if for no other
reason than it would require the SyncThing software on the customers'
machines, which isn't the most friendly option.

Gary Duzan

=> I've tried Owncloud. Too much overhead involved. I tried btsync, which is
=> an interesting hack, but it didn't really fit my needs. I am currently
=> using syncthing.
=>
=> Not sure if any of these meet your needs of a public drop though.
=>
=> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Michael Zaleski
=> <michael.zaleski@gmail.com>
=> wrote:
=>
=>> + 1 Owncloud
=>> On Sep 17, 2015 5:43 PM, "brent timothy saner" <brent.saner@gmail.com>
=>> wrote:
=>>
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=>>>
=>>> On 09/17/2015 05:33 PM, Doug Stewart wrote:
=>>> > Howdy all,
=>>> > I've a need at $WORK to offer customers a way to push data to us from
=>>> > whence we can retrieve it. What's everyone's current favorite way to
=>>> do
=>>> so?
=>>> >
=>>> > I'd hate to go with a simple chroot'd VSFTPD setup with public/, but
=>>> if
=>>> > that's what it takes...
=>>> >
=>>> >
=>>> > --
=>>> > -Doug
=>>>
=>>>
=>>> https://owncloud.org/
=>>>
=>>> throw it on a public IP space (properly firewalled/acl'd/etc.,
=>>> preferably with VPN), done.
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