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Question

Cloud Storage and Encyption

by Apr 3, 2015 12:16PM PDT

Thank you for your time

Im very excited by Amazon's Cloud Drive Solution and pricing however Im not sure ive found a suitable solution to store my files as securely as I would like

Could someone suggest an application that will do the following:

1 will work with Amazon Cloud Drive
2 Allow me to designate a set of directory's or whole drive to backup
3 Allow me to encrypt contents with at least AES 265 and obscure file names while providing client side encryption (sorry Amazon I just don't trust you not to hand over the keys)
4 Upload contents on a scheduled basis (bonus if I can set a monthly data limit)
5 Monitor my directories' or drives for changes and upload and new content

The following solutions Ive looked at and are not suitable BoxCryptor / EncFS

Due to limited storage space on my system I cannot devote a separate folder or virtual drive in which to store my "encrypted files"

Solutions which look good if they supported Amazon Cloud drive 'fastglacier'

This looks like a really really REALLY great product but only seems to support Amazon Glacier not Amazon Cloud drive, I have written to them for clarification but are still waiting

In desperation I did look at the Amazon API but Im not a programmer and I would likely go grey and old before I managed to get something workable

Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated

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Since it's just some API
by Forum moderator Apr 4, 2015 12:29AM PDT

That means it's not ready to use like DropBox or such. Why not something ready to use or your own cloud?
Bob

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by UglyBob_NZ Apr 4, 2015 8:11AM PDT

Thanks for the reply

I'm trying to backup my data off site so a personal cloud isn't going to be useful in my case. nor is using dropbox Sad their pricing is quite expensive $120 per year for 1 tb vs amazon $60 per year for unlimited storage.
In addition drop box doesn't solve my client side encryption issues. I may have to wait for fast glaciers answer it might be a more workable solution for me

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Still something odd going on here.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 4, 2015 8:17AM PDT

Just last week I picked up a 2TB drive thanks to the CNET Cheapskate for 90USD. Why would we bother with the cloud if we can do our own?

I don't see any Amazon ready to use system to do what you asked so why is that an option? (except for those that code?)
Bob

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by UglyBob_NZ Apr 4, 2015 10:19AM PDT

Thanks for your reply but doesn't offer a solution to what I'm looking for appreciate your time to reply

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Then where to go next?
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 4, 2015 10:25AM PDT

I've seen folk want to use that Amazon service a few times but none want to craft the software to make it happen. As my office uses it's own cloud I don't have a reason to write such a thing.

Maybe the real answer is over in those "your own cloud" solutions?
Bob

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I see why you can't use Amazon Cloud Drive.
by Forum moderator Apr 4, 2015 10:33AM PDT
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