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Posted by D. Spencer Hines on February 20, 2006, 3:05 pm
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Encrypted files on their server -- over which they have no access?
Bonkers...
DSH
>> Tom wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I would like to use my ISP's FTP server for backing up my personal
>> > files
>> > from my desktop. I was wondering if there is a tool available (open
>> > source/freeware if possible) that can automatically encrypt files while
>> > transfering them to a remote FTP server, so that the files on the
>> > remote
>> > server cannot be used by the ISP.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Tom
>>
>> The best that I've come across is FileZilla, found at
>> http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/. It's free and open-source, and can do
>> ftp,
>> and sftp, which is ran over an ssh server. FTP is not encrypted, so the
>> easiest
>> way for security in most cases is to make sure your ISP has an ssh server
>> set up
>> so you can use sftp (usually you log in with your normal user/pass).
>> FileZilla
>> will let you set up a profile for this, making it a pretty good
>> tool, IMHO.
>
> Actually, the original question is more interesting than the
> relatively simple question of encrypted transport.
>
> What Tom wants is something that will automagiclaly encrypt the files
> on the fly, and leave them in encrypted form on the target server.
> The concern is not so much one of securing them from being sniffed in
> transit in the clear, but rather to prevent admins of the target
> server from being able to do anything useful with his data that he
> stores there.
>
> Best Regards,
> --
> Todd H.
> http://www.toddh.net/
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