sftp-server file encryption

Jürgen Weber juergen at jwi.de
Fri Sep 14 01:56:02 AEST 2018


usability. if the server encrypts no need for any special client software
on any of your Linux/Win/Android gadges.

Juergen

Peter Moody <mindrot at hda3.com> schrieb am Do., 13. Sep. 2018, 17:46:

> Why not just encrypt the files before you upload them?
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 08:20 Jürgen Weber <juergen at jwi.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I wonder if sftp-server could encrypt files before writing to disc. This
>> would make sshd a poor man's alternative for an encrypting filesystem on a
>> server.
>>
>> How to get the crypto key from a client to be used by sftp-server? Upload
>> the key to a /well/defined/key.pem virtual location? Or can you access the
>> ssh client certificate from sftp-server?
>>
>> Can sftp-server call a filter?
>> Or would one write a sftp-server replacement?
>>
>> Juergen
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