Re: Secure file transfers

[Buz Dale <buz.dale () USG EDU>]

I would see if I could just use HTTPS and an HTTPS upload and stop
messing around in the ftp space altogether.

Buz


On 5/7/07, Wyman Miles <wm63 () cornell edu> wrote:
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> - --On Monday, May 07, 2007 11:11 AM -0700 Samuel Young
> <syoung () LASIERRA EDU>
> wrote:
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> > I came across this company called SpeedLink from Singapore.
> > They seem to have a very interesting file transfer paradigm.
> >
> > www.speedlinkworks.com
> >
> > Basically, they use their own encryption algorithm.  The file is uploaded
> > to  a secure server so the authenticated recipient can obtain the file.
>
> Web-based drop-off location or something? (I can't reach the link)
> Cornell's got a homegrown app called dropbox that does what Rice's
> homegrown app, webfile did, that does what many campuses have built.
>
> Easier and safer to build your own with an SSL Web server than contract
> someone else to store your content.
>
> If I'm going to use some 3rd party HTTPS drop-off location, I'm going to
> encrypt the content first.  And if I'm going to bother to encrypt the
> content first, I may as well just use any number of protocols to move it
> around.
>
> Wy
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> >
> > God bless,
> > Sam Young
> > CIO
> > La Sierra University
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matthew Keller [mailto:kellermg () POTSDAM EDU]
> > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 10:39 AM
> > To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> > Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Secure file transfers
> >
> > On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 08:54 -0400, Theresa M Rowe wrote:
> >> We've been getting a push back from some vendors that "standard FTP" is
> >> secure enough.
> >> We've been saying it isn't good enough.
> >
> > Find new vendors. The ones you're working with have demonstrated that
> > they aren't competent enough to protect your data.
> >
> > --
> > Matthew Keller
> > Information Security Officer & Network Administrator
> > Computing & Technology Services
> > State University of New York @ Potsdam
> > Potsdam, NY, USA
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> Wyman Miles
> Senior Security Engineer
> Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
> (607) 255-8421
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Buz Dale                                buz.dale () usg edu
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