[ZendTo] Re: password protection

Papp Tamas tompos at martos.bme.hu
Tue Jun 26 17:06:10 BST 2012


On 06/26/2012 10:29 AM, Mike Brudenell wrote:
> Hi, Tamas -

hi,

> On 25 June 2012 17:24, Kevin Miller <Kevin_Miller at ci.juneau.ak.us 
> <mailto:Kevin_Miller at ci.juneau.ak.us>> wrote:
>
>     1:  You could zip and password protect the file before uploading
>     it to Zendto.  Not automatic, but a simple workaround.  Might be a
>     nice feature to see added though.
>
>
> Hmmm... If I were uploading data I considered sensitive enough to 
> warrant password-protecting I personally would prefer to encrypt it 
> before it left my computer, and not trust whoever had set up the 
> ZendTo software to effect the transfer. (Isn't that better practice?)

Users trust in sysadmins, they have to.
Anyway zip password is also a good idea, but it's not enough safe, not 
enough.
I prefer server side protection.

Does this mean, zendto won't support password protected download links 
in the future?

Thanks,
tamas
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