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Solve : Encrypting links when sending them? Opinions ?? |
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Answer» Hi all, recently I needed to do that so that I can send my drawings (mainly for approval) more secured. I’ve come across and used that site: http://urlcrypt.to/ You can add one more layer of security by enabling the captcha option or by setting a password. This way only people who successfully pass the captcha test or enter the password can see the links, while all the bots being rejected. Thing is that I dont quite get is that if you have a web server with this info at a url path, and your using this service to mask the actual path. I would think that you would need to use a hosting service that provides this type of masking otherwise your actual domain is still out there to be CRAWLED and so your still exposed. Example being say you have www . mybusiness . com You use their service and they give you www. encryptedurl . com Now your information is exposed in 2 locations at your domain as well as at the encryptedurl that is password protected but your domain where it originated from is not protected the same. This site states: Quote What is URL Crypt? All I see is a drop box for an already existing URL which is an exposed URL that is still out there to be crawled and information gathered from and they just give a means to bounce off of them like a proxy to hide the origin of the URL under a dynamic URL mask. Looking at this website, I wouldnt trust it with protecting drawings from being STOLEN etc. Your actual website and web server needs to have authentication and be patched for all security attack types to protect your data, and then a 1 time use password given to a trusted individual by phone or e-mail. This way it allows a single individual a one time use of access to these FILES and hopefully they themselves are not a crook or have a security issue at their end for the info to become stolen such as they download it to their laptop and the laptop has a data leak hack on it or laptop stolen and information now in the wrong hands if the laptop itself is not encrypted to prevent someone from spinning up the drive with Linux and accessing the files getting around the OS password of the laptop. Here's something I just found via a Google search: Encrypt Gmail and Google Drive with the Flip of a Switch Looks like it could be an option for you.I don't send by email because the files i send are often more than 100-200mb so you know more more mail's have much less limit. As for example i had to send file that was around 50mb and the receiver jest couldn't get it. So i decided to upload it somewhere and get link. There are sites about that, but than again i didn't know if it's safe so i wanted to giva that link more security and that's how i did it."Now your information is exposed in 2 locations at your domain as well as at the encryptedurl that is password protected but your domain where it originated from is not protected the same." So you say that even like that the site where i upload the file the chain breaks ?I think I'd use a cloud storage service for this and then allow your intended recipient access to the file through the service's file sharing feature. I'll suggest www.adrive.com. Agree with Soybean with 1 caveat'.... On that online storage account i would create a seperate folder for the user who will access it and keep the shared files in there... Therefore the password if set properly will only allow access to the files you choose...not the full contents of your online storage. Quote from: patio on January 25, 2017, 09:19:54 AM Agree with Soybean with 1 caveat'....Yes, that's what I had in mind. I should have been more clear on that point. How come the cloud storage will be safer ? Would it be easy for the recipient to download files ?If you are giving them access to files of course they can DLoad them... But without specifics to what you want to do it's extremely hard to DEFINE your goals on our end... More details would be helpful... Quote from: JordanMihailov on January 25, 2017, 09:29:51 AM How come the cloud storage will be safer ?Upon logging on to the site, http changes to https, which indicates the browser is in a secure, encrypted mode. Quote from: JordanMihailov on January 25, 2017, 09:29:51 AM Would it be easy for the recipient to download files ?Yes. As the primary holder of the account with the cloud service, you need to specifically authorize access by the intended recipient. The cloud service website will have info on doing this. Quote More details would be helpful...I wanted that process to be as simple as it can be without any attachments as getting cloud storage( i don't understand it) and free. I don't see my boss agreeing on spending money on that kind of service:) i don't send so many files that often. It happens no more than few times a month the best. As i said before the upload site from which i get the download link expires after 24 hours i thing( not completely sure). It's suppose to be one time operation. I give access only to the recipient ( i think ).Then a Free Cloud service would be fine for your needs with no cost to the Boss... However i highly suggest that he takes those savings and gives you a raise... |
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