On Saturday 11 April 2015 12:20:59 Wes Kussmaul wrote:
> Hi Sonali Jagdish,
> 
> Probably the first thing we should do is learn a little about each other.
> 
> The company where my email is hosted, Reliable Identities, Inc. is a
> member of a group of startups called the Authenticity Alliance
> http://www.authenticityalliance.com/ . You can read about our common
> platform, the Quiet Enjoyment Infrastructure, at that site.
> 
> Can you tell me about your affiliation? What would be the entity making
> use of the client software we're discussing?
> 
> Perhaps we can schedule a call?
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Wes Kussmaul

Also note that work on client side encryption for ownCloud is actually 
happening.

Cheers,
Jos

> On 04/10/2015 07:48 PM, Sonali Jagdish wrote:
> > yes we are interested in helping you building a multipurpose client
> > .could you instruct us on how to go about this/
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 12:25 AM, Wes Kussmaul <[email protected]
> > 
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >     This and the previous question raised by Sonali Jagdish about
> >     client-side encryption is a good one. Here's what the ownCloud FAQ
> >     has to say:
> >     
> >     "ownCloud does not do client-side encryption because you can not
> >     have a web interface if the server can't read the files and the
> >     web interface (and sharing abilities!) are very central to
> >     ownCloud. So you will always need to be able to trust the server
> >     if you want to 'own' your data."
> >     
> >     So allow me to share with this list what I had to say on the
> >     Authenticity Alliance list about those questions and the ownCloud
> >     response:
> >     
> >     "*Using the browser, ie an outdoor billboard, as a bank branch or
> >     retail store or private office or elementary school classroom is a
> >     design atrocity. It is positively bizarre. You can be 100% sure
> >     that breaches will become worse until some thought leader says,
> >     "shouldn't we be looking for a secure multipurpose client to
> >     replace the browser?" *
> >     
> >     Many assumptions behind the web+browser infrastructure are
> >     entirely inappropriate for a world that calls for secure sharing
> >     of information, retail transactions, and pretty much anything you
> >     wouldn't do on an outdoor billboard.
> >     
> >     If you're interested in helping us build a multipurpose client
> >     ("unbrowser") that will allow you to keep your own encryption keys
> >     at the client end and which will use much of the same "rendering
> >     paint" and UX tools as a browser, maintaining compatibility with
> >     ownCloud and other applications, please be in touch with us.
> >     
> >     Wes Kussmaul
> >     
> >     On 04/08/2015 12:51 PM, Sonali Jagdish wrote:
> >>     hi,
> >>     
> >>        Instead of using any of the encryption tools is there any way
> >>     
> >>     by which we could modify the existing code to support client side
> >>     encryption because we are looking at modifying the source code to
> >>     support client side encryption.
> >>     Thank you
> >>     
> >>     On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Henk <[email protected]
> >>     
> >>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>         Hi,
> >>         There are some free encrytion tools that can be used to
> >>         synchronize and encrypt ownCloud folders locally.
> >>         CryptSync is one of them. It uses 7-Zip and it creates 7-Zip
> >>         files that can even be openend easily when the encryption key
> >>         is known.
> >>         Your non-encrypted files will be in a CryptSync folder and
> >>         the encrypted files will be in the folder synced by ownCloud.
> >>         Cloudfogger and Viivo can possibly be used as well. I would
> >>         not try Boxcryptor, because it damaged my Windows 7 Pro HDD
> >>         encryption.
> >>         One year ago I tested these tools with Google Drive.
> >>         The ownCloud data files are in the path
> >>         ../owncloud/data/"username"/files.
> >>         When the encryption app is "on", the encryprtion keys are in
> >>         a folder like ../owncloud/data/"username"/files_encryption.
> >>         Just look around there.
> >>         Henk
> >>         
> >>             ----- Original Message -----
> >>             *From:* Sonali Jagdish <mailto:[email protected]>
> >>             *To:* For users of ownCloud <mailto:[email protected]>
> >>             *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2015 4:39 PM
> >>             *Subject:* Re: [owncloud-user] regarding owncloud encryption
> >>             
> >>             could you please a suggest ways by which we can implement
> >>             encryption at the client side as in give client an option
> >>             whether to encrypt files or not?also that i wanted to
> >>             know one thing regarding server side encryption.When the
> >>             sever chooses the option of encrypting the clients data
> >>             which file in the owncloud core folder is actually called
> >>             as i'm unable to trace that
> >>             thank you
> >>             
> >>             On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Daniel Molkentin
> >>             
> >>             <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>                 On 08.04.2015 16:01, Sonali Jagdish wrote:
> >>                 > Why is that encryption globally dirven in owncloud
> >>                 
> >>                 and not
> >>                 
> >>                 > indiavidually driven as in why is there no
> >>                 
> >>                 provision for client side
> >>                 
> >>                 > encryption
> >>                 
> >>                 https://owncloud.org/faq/#encryption2
> >>                 
> >>                 HTH,
> >>                 
> >>                   Daniel
> >>                 
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