I would like to ask about the security of this system. How can I be sure where my data are and who can see them?
2011/1/26 Bugsbane <[email protected]> > While this is a feature used more when people are running OwnCloud from > a server at home, than when they upload to a webhost, Hasanat is correct > that this would be very, very useful. Tonido (who could be considered a > competitor) works in this way. Because of the NAT hole punching, they > can make it super easy to get running from home with just a .deb / .rpm, > create a username / password, and you're ready to go in minutes. Compare > this to something like Diaspora which doesn't (yet) use this kind of > technology and thus took me many, many hours of quite in depth, > technical testing to get working. Average users aren't going to know > about port forwarding their router (most of which are different, making > instruction hard) and securing the result. > > > I am suggesting to implement NAT hole punching so that server can be > > accessed if it doesn't have an open ip. > > This is a common scenario that home servers are behind router and can > > not be accessed from out side world plus having a dedicated IP at home > > is a costly business. I don't think there should be a doubt regarding > > importance of this feature. > > > > How can this be implemented: > > We basically > > 1. need a tracker server > > 2. a client side software (running at both owncloud server and client > machines) > > > > But if everyone needs to download a software to access his/her files, > > the whole point of accessing though browser (the current state) is > > lost. > > > > So we can mold it and make it work like this: > > We will need to host a service at our end which basically mirrors your > > server, e.g. by accessing http://[email protected], > my > > home server opens in browser. Multiple servers can be served from > > single tracker server. The point to notice is that tracker stills has > > no idea about my personal files as it can't read them. So one can > > safely use someone else's tracker server. I doubt if own-cloud will > > have enough resources to host trackers for others. > > > > (If you guys let me do this in this year's SOC, i'll set a tracker > > server for you guys on amazon for one year :P ) > > > > I am open to criticism and suggestions. > > > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud >
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