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Encrypted Fileserver with Bittorrent Web Interface

Posted by timothy on from the freenetesque dept.

mistermark writes "I built a fully encrypted (samba) fileserver with a web interface for managing torrent downloads on it. All I used is OpenBSD 3.6 and its package collection, except for the TorrentFlux-interface (which you need to install separately). Anyway, it can be built using binary packages only. I included a rough HOWTO on how to make one of these yourself."

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  1. Obstruction of justice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    If the cops bust you, and you have an encrypted hard drive and you don't hand over the password, you will be charged with obstruction of justice. The maximum sentence of obstruction of justice is the same as the crime you are trying to avoid. So it really doesn't help you avoid anything.

    http://www.ohiobar.org/pub/lycu/index.asp?articlei d=138

  2. Be very, very careful when using EFS!!! by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 5, Informative


    Be very, very careful when using the Windows XP built-in file encryption, called EFS (Encryping File System).

    EFS is very poorly documented. The encryption is tied to your user password in a way that is apparently not documented. EFS depends on being part of a Windows 2003 Server domain in a way that is not clearly documented; if you are using Windows XP on a stand alone computer, there are situations in which you will lose your files forever.

    Microsoft technical support agrees with what I just said, and provides no help or fixes.

    The official Microsoft forums contain the complaints of many people who have lost their files due to problems with EFS. One man said he lost 11 years of research.

    People complain about Microsoft every day on Slashdot, but I've never seen a discussion by anyone who seemed to realize how bad Microsoft truly is.