Automatic upload and download of files?

[FN-GM]

Hi,

 

We have a school in the MAT that temporarily is on a separate network. I would like to find a way where a CSV file can be uploaded to the internet in a secure location from one site and then download to the other - all automatically. Then vice versa.

 

Does anyone have a any suggestions please?

 

Thanks

[Michael]

Dropbox? Not exactly automatic but you could script it.

[Arthur]

I would like to find a way where a CSV file can be uploaded to the internet in a secure location from one site and then download to the other - all automatically. Then vice versa.

BitTorrent Sync would be perfect for this. The data would be sent directly rather than going through a third-party too.

[FN-GM]

BitTorrent Sync would be perfect for this. The data would be sent directly rather than going through a third-party too.

 

That might be quite good. But I am assuming this isn't a secure method? It will be peoples names being transmitted.

 

Have you personally used it yourself?

 

Thanks

[rrrrr]

Why not a share at one site and other site connecting though vpn?

[HPlum78]

Yeah I would be tempted to look at a site to site VPN rather than uploading to a file share and the likes! you could probably do this via the network hardware directly or throw up a couple of whatever flavour O/S you like and do it via that.

[FN-GM]

We don't have the kit to setup a site to site VPN. This would only be temporary anyway until the WAN links go in, so not want to invest in anything.

 

There is a chance that if what I am doing works ell, we would use with other school not in the MAT. So a VPN wouldn't be appropriate in that instance anyway.

[forkies]

Why not encrypt the document then use sftp? Decrypt at other end.

[Arthur]

But I am assuming this isn't a secure method? It will be peoples names being transmitted.

Sync is very secure. That's the entire point of the software. Only yourself and the people you are sharing the data with at the other school are going to be able to access it. Because Sync uses TLS for encryption and X.509 certificates for authentication it's not that dissimilar from a VPN.

 

Security and privacy are two of the leading issues for users when transferring important data. Keeping data on-premises makes business and IT leaders feel more secure, but comes with technical challenges when there’s a need to share data externally. BitTorrent Sync offers the ability to sync data securely and privately by replicating data directly between trusted devices and keeping data encrypted in transit.

 

We take security and user privacy very seriously at BitTorrent. By design we don’t capture or store any user data on our infrastructure. Further, we have no way to gain access to user data or personal information. We believe that only way to truly keep user data secure, is to not have any user data. We never see it, we never store it, and we can’t access it — and neither can any 3rd parties. Any anonymized statistics we collect when you use Sync are sent in the clear, so you know exactly what data we’re gathering.

 

Today, we are making public some of the key implementations we’ve made to ensure Sync is secure. This includes:

 

• Sync only transfers data by establishing a direct connection between peers you select. This allows data to exist at rest exclusively on private infrastructure.
  
• Sync keeps ALL your data private. Other solutions may keep your files private, but store login, usage, and access information on public servers.
  
• Sync uses cryptographic security instead of a password-based system, and all your data is AES-128 encrypted in transit.
  
• Sync uses X.509 digital certificates for mutual authentication and validation of file modification requests.
  
• Insecure, but easy-to-use tools (like email) can be used to securely sync folders with Sync.
  
• Each device has full control over how it communicates with other peers and services can be limited to increase privacy.
  
• BitTorrent collects usage statistics from Sync to help us improve the product. This information is sent in the clear so you know what we are gathering.
  

https://blog.resilio.com/?p=693

 

Can Other BitTorrent Users See My Shared Files?

Only when you send them a link to your files. Sync is a private sharing tool - it is based on the BitTorrent technology, but its architecture is designed just to get your data onto your own devices and those of other users whom you specifically give access to. (Source)

 

How Secure Is Sharing Data Via BitTorrent Sync 2.x?

BitTorrent always puts your security first – that’s why we made Sync even safer than it was before. Instead of using keys like its 1.4-predecessor, Sync 2.x makes use of the X.509 digital certificate, which ensures that such operations as adding peers, sharing folders, revoking access to folders, etc are done in a secure way. SSL is used to provide security for peer data exchange over network. (Source)

 

www.grc.com/sn/sn-402.htm

 

... from everything I've seen, they've done everything right. This is BitTorrent Sync. And the compelling aspect of it is that it uses no third party. It is not a cloud storage solution. It allows individuals or ad hoc groups to create their own drive synchronization networks using the well-proven BitTorrent peer-to-peer technology, the NAT traversal, I mean, all the things that make BitTorrent work, they've moved over into sort of a standalone sync client that is cross-platform, runs on everything. The security looks very good. We'll get into it in detail. But I think this is a strong contender for a great solution for people whose need fits what this does. So there was so much interest, I thought, well, let's talk about it from a security standpoint...

 

Have you personally used it yourself?

Yes. I use it both at school and at home. It works really well and is surprisingly fast at transferring files. Once setup all they would need to do is edit the CSV and the changes will be automatically transferred back to you (and vice versa).

[Arthur]

I would like to find a way where a CSV file can be uploaded to the internet in a secure location from one site and then download to the other - all automatically. Then vice versa.

Is this just a one off thing?

[FN-GM]

Is this just a one off thing?

 

The CSV will be recreated daily so will need re-syncing every time. But the system will only be in temporary until they join the MAT network.

 

Will see if I can find a free version of what you suggested Thanks for the info.

[Arthur]

Will see if I can find a free version of what you suggested

The closest free equivalent would probably be SyncThing (which is also open source). I have never used it though.

[FN-GM]

Just tried SyncThing and it works pretty good and would be ideal for my situation.

 

Thanks for the help.