60Mb private file transfer

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I have a 60Mb file which I want a client (as in customer) to be able to
download. The data contains sensitive material, so I don't want just
anybody to be able to access it.

What's the best way to do it?

FTP seems an obvious choice, but then I've got the hassle of setting up
a user account on our server, plus many people seem to warn me off FTP
owing to its security issues.
 
Mark Carter said:
I have a 60Mb file which I want a client (as in customer) to be able to
download. The data contains sensitive material, so I don't want just
anybody to be able to access it.

What's the best way to do it?

FTP seems an obvious choice, but then I've got the hassle of setting up
a user account on our server, plus many people seem to warn me off FTP
owing to its security issues.
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Send it to them rather than have them get it off you?
 
Mark Carter said:
I have a 60Mb file which I want a client (as in customer) to be able to
download. The data contains sensitive material, so I don't want just
anybody to be able to access it.

What's the best way to do it?

FTP seems an obvious choice, but then I've got the hassle of setting up a
user account on our server, plus many people seem to warn me off FTP owing
to its security issues.
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May not be secure enough to satisfy your need but there is,
http://www.yousendit.com/
 
Mark said:
I have a 60Mb file which I want a client (as in customer) to be able
to download. The data contains sensitive material, so I don't want
just anybody to be able to access it.

What's the best way to do it?

FTP seems an obvious choice, but then I've got the hassle of setting
up a user account on our server, plus many people seem to warn me off
FTP owing to its security issues.
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Burn to a CD and and overnight it? If it's that sensitive you want to
be able to track its movement.
 
I have a 60Mb file which I want a client (as in customer) to be able
to download. The data contains sensitive material, so I don't want
just anybody to be able to access it.

What's the best way to do it?

FTP seems an obvious choice, but then I've got the hassle of setting
up a user account on our server, plus many people seem to warn me off
FTP owing to its security issues.
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There is not real secure way outside of encrypting it and then ftping
it. It will take time. That still is not great, but better than
nothing.

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I have a 60Mb file which I want a client (as in customer) to be able to
download. The data contains sensitive material, so I don't want just
anybody to be able to access it.

What's the best way to do it?
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If it's that sensitive, then the *only* way to transfer it is by hand,
on a CD. You'll also have the peace of mind of knowing that they
actually received the file.

FTP seems an obvious choice, but then I've got the hassle of setting up
a user account on our server, plus many people seem to warn me off FTP
owing to its security issues.
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While this is true no matter how it's set up, FTP can be configured to
be more secure than the World-Wide Web.
 
Mark Carter scribebat:
I have a 60Mb file which I want a client (as in customer) to be able to
download. The data contains sensitive material, so I don't want just
anybody to be able to access it.
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Encrypt it with something like GnuPG. Use his public key, then nobody will
be able to read the data. That will also assure that it won't be altered.

bye,

Onno
 
Mark said:
I have a 60Mb file which I want a client (as in customer) to be able to
download. The data contains sensitive material, so I don't want just
anybody to be able to access it.

What's the best way to do it?

FTP seems an obvious choice, but then I've got the hassle of setting up
a user account on our server, plus many people seem to warn me off FTP
owing to its security issues.
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UPS a CD. That's how my company does it.
 
I have a 60Mb file which I want a client (as in customer) to be able to
download. The data contains sensitive material, so I don't want just
anybody to be able to access it.

What's the best way to do it?

FTP seems an obvious choice, but then I've got the hassle of setting up
a user account on our server, plus many people seem to warn me off FTP
owing to its security issues.
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what about http://www.yousendit.com ? delete the link as soon as they
download it ?
 
qwerty said:
No catch. As for security, just encrypt it first and you're safe.
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they also allo sending it through https i do believe (gotta follow the
proper links tho)
 
I have a 60Mb file which I want a client (as in customer) to be able to
download. The data contains sensitive material, so I don't want just
anybody to be able to access it.
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What's the best way to do it?
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Apart from the options already provided you could encrypt the file,
split it into parts, then email the parts to him.

That has worked for me with big files. The two main things to watch
out for are ;

(1) That no individual part will be too big for him/her to receive
<5MB (total) should probably be okay and

(2) That they remove each part from the server as soon as each is
received. Otherwise multiple emails will overflow their mailbox !

Regards, John.
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Mark Carter said:
I have a 60Mb file which I want a client (as in customer) to be
able to download. The data contains sensitive material, so I don't
want just anybody to be able to access it.

What's the best way to do it?
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If you have some http webspace, possibly on apache, you may :

1/ secure the access to the directory containing this file (htaccess)

2/ put the file simply online, even in an uncrypted stated
 
Antoine said:
If you have some http webspace, possibly on apache, you may :

1/ secure the access to the directory containing this file (htaccess)

2/ put the file simply online, even in an uncrypted stated
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I actually tried that. Didn't seem to like the password, though. I just
kept getting asked for the username and password. AFAIK I set up the
accounts with htpasswd correctly.
 
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