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mapleLC:
I need to securely share files with my accountants, lawyer, assistants, etc without a data whore or cloud based solution where the files are copied somewhere out of my control.  I do not want a terms of service sheet.

No cloud, intermediate hosting, etc.  Just something simple/light.

Ideally, I would put a file in the sharing location, and that file can be picked up by the user with the simplest of means.  A temp access key, temp login, etc, something along those lines.  No 3rd party logins, accounts, sharing, nothing.

Looking online there are options available, but I don't know any of them and so I am hoping the community has experience with this topic.

This link is along the lines of what I am exploring.

https://www.fossmint.com/open-source-cloud-file-sharing-platforms/

Alternatively, I thought about hosting a website on my home with apache, but I worry the ISP will balk at that kind of thing.

tooki:
Soooooo… you want file sharing that is neither cloud based, nor on a hosting service, nor hosted locally? Ummmm… that doesn’t really leave any options that involve the internet.

I dunno, drive a hard drive to them? Tie a microsd card to a pigeon (IP over avian, aka feathernet)? Point to point dialup modem?

Jackster:
Your ISP should not care. If hosting locally here are my suggestions.

The easiest is FTP. FileZilla server is free. Simple to create logins and end user can just copy and paste user:pass@ip/folder into their file folder viewer or web browser address bar to access files.

Apache is another easy one. .htaccess to create username and password. You will want to do this on a random port as bots will scan for port 80. Limited to downloading via web browser though.

SMB is not advisable even the latest versions afaik.

Alternatively, you can host your own web application that is designed for file sharing such as You transfer. It is an open source WeTransfer clone
https://github.com/YouTransfer/YouTransfer

mapleLC:

--- Quote from: tooki on January 29, 2023, 01:29:18 am ---Soooooo… you want file sharing that is neither cloud based, nor on a hosting service, nor hosted locally? Ummmm… that doesn’t really leave any options that involve the internet.

I dunno, drive a hard drive to them? Tie a microsd card to a pigeon (IP over avian, aka feathernet)? Point to point dialup modem?

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I want to share files that I keep on premises with uses outside of my local network.  This would define the need as "hosted locally" as you put it.

mapleLC:

--- Quote from: Jackster on January 29, 2023, 02:42:32 am ---Your ISP should not care. If hosting locally here are my suggestions.

The easiest is FTP. FileZilla server is free. Simple to create logins and end user can just copy and paste user:pass@ip/folder into their file folder viewer or web browser address bar to access files.

Apache is another easy one. .htaccess to create username and password. You will want to do this on a random port as bots will scan for port 80. Limited to downloading via web browser though.

SMB is not advisable even the latest versions afaik.

Alternatively, you can host your own web application that is designed for file sharing such as You transfer. It is an open source WeTransfer clone
https://github.com/YouTransfer/YouTransfer

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ISPs are touchy when you are trying to play web server without $ for it.  Your FTP suggestion is my secondary option.  After a bit of research I am going to take a punt and:

Build an Unbutu virtual machine
Host Sandstorm
Install FileDrop, its the lightest weight thing I can find

I'll run the VM on a network PC and see how that goes for a little while.  In fact, this is the first pass as a complete transition to Linux away from Windows.  I was never a Macboy.

Be back to the thread with results

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