Comments on: File Sharing over the Internet http://www.sikurtz.com/2009/03/windows-live-sync/ Steve Kurtz Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Everythingistech http://www.sikurtz.com/2009/03/windows-live-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Everythingistech Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:22:30 +0000 http://www.sikurtz.com/?p=73#comment-160 Dropbox.com..the way to go Dropbox.com..the way to go

]]> By: S Kurtz http://www.sikurtz.com/2009/03/windows-live-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-100 S Kurtz Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:35:51 +0000 http://www.sikurtz.com/?p=73#comment-100 Waldo: I'm using SyncBackSE from BrightSparks, www.2brightsparks.com, and am very pleased. You can backup and/or synchronize to other PCs, NAS devices, Servers, and even FTP sites. It even does versioning, keeping archival copies of changed files so you can go back to older versions. Waldo: I’m using SyncBackSE from BrightSparks, http://www.2brightsparks.com, and am very pleased. You can backup and/or synchronize to other PCs, NAS devices, Servers, and even FTP sites. It even does versioning, keeping archival copies of changed files so you can go back to older versions.

]]> By: Waldo http://www.sikurtz.com/2009/03/windows-live-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Waldo Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:34:18 +0000 http://www.sikurtz.com/?p=73#comment-99 Greg, can you suggest some "good" sync software that will: 1. Automatically sync (rather then having to remember to run a comparative sync every once and a while, or setup a schedualed task for idle time)? 2. Sync directly with several other computers without using the NAS as a middle man? 3. Sync to an NAS like you've described. I have several computers, all setup with windows live sync so that my My Documents are the same. My only gripe about windows live sync (other then what you descibe) is I've got an NAS and I'd love to sync to the NAS as a middle man, because even though I have several computers, two are rarely on at the same time (but I made not using a middle man NAS a requirement above because not everyone has an NAS). I also have two accounts on each computer (mine and my wifes) so if I could somehow get my account on computer A to sync with my account on computer B when I'm not logged into one or either that would be even better. Greg, can you suggest some “good” sync software that will:

1. Automatically sync (rather then having to remember to run a comparative sync every once and a while, or setup a schedualed task for idle time)?
2. Sync directly with several other computers without using the NAS as a middle man?
3. Sync to an NAS like you’ve described.

I have several computers, all setup with windows live sync so that my My Documents are the same. My only gripe about windows live sync (other then what you descibe) is I’ve got an NAS and I’d love to sync to the NAS as a middle man, because even though I have several computers, two are rarely on at the same time (but I made not using a middle man NAS a requirement above because not everyone has an NAS).

I also have two accounts on each computer (mine and my wifes) so if I could somehow get my account on computer A to sync with my account on computer B when I’m not logged into one or either that would be even better.

]]> By: gregg http://www.sikurtz.com/2009/03/windows-live-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-7 gregg Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:40:24 +0000 http://www.sikurtz.com/?p=73#comment-7 .mac has this feature as well. So.... given Microsoft's history of lying, cheating, stealing, etc... why would anyone trust their files to them? I attended a little (150 university CIOs & me) meeting with Bill Gates and we asked him this question, then riddled him with variants and the legality of it all. He really didn't have a reason that the public should trust them, and shelved the idea shortly after that meeting. But now that he's no longer running the company, the idea has come back. I would not trust .mac either, BTW. UPSHOT: convenience is not worth the security risk. Once your data is out of your computer, you have no idea who has access to it, such as system administrators. Imagine that you've stored a picture of your 2-year-old taking a bath on your computer. Now that you've sent it across the net, you're trafficking in kiddie porn. Imagine that a secure transaction is stored in a web browser cookie; now that's in the hands of a guy who backs up tapes at Microsoft and about to be laid off.... Can you sue them if your data is posted on the net? I bet you have to sign away that right to use their service... So just buy a NAS (hard drive) with good security and mount it whereever you are and then get some good sync software. This message will self-destruct in 30 seconds... -g .mac has this feature as well.

So…. given Microsoft’s history of lying, cheating, stealing, etc… why would anyone trust their files to them? I attended a little (150 university CIOs & me) meeting with Bill Gates and we asked him this question, then riddled him with variants and the legality of it all. He really didn’t have a reason that the public should trust them, and shelved the idea shortly after that meeting. But now that he’s no longer running the company, the idea has come back. I would not trust .mac either, BTW.

UPSHOT: convenience is not worth the security risk. Once your data is out of your computer, you have no idea who has access to it, such as system administrators. Imagine that you’ve stored a picture of your 2-year-old taking a bath on your computer. Now that you’ve sent it across the net, you’re trafficking in kiddie porn. Imagine that a secure transaction is stored in a web browser cookie; now that’s in the hands of a guy who backs up tapes at Microsoft and about to be laid off…. Can you sue them if your data is posted on the net? I bet you have to sign away that right to use their service…

So just buy a NAS (hard drive) with good security and mount it whereever you are and then get some good sync software.

This message will self-destruct in 30 seconds…

-g

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