Encrypted Fileserver with Bittorrent Web Interface 266
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."
Re:Piracy how-tos? (Score:0, Interesting)
Re:Piracy how-tos? (Score:2, Interesting)
Note to law enforcement. Dont reboot. (Score:5, Interesting)
And oh yeah, with SMB as your network file system, is the traffic securely encrypted? Weakest link, and all that...
Baz
PS yes, I know you're only doing legal stuff
Mirror? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Obstruction of justice (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Obstruction of justice (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Obstruction of justice (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Note to law enforcement. Dont reboot. (Score:2, Interesting)
I've always had the power strip for my box on the floor next to my left foot. If I need to do an emergency power-off cuz the FBI wants to talk to me or because I got some Jenna Jameson on the screen and my boss just walked in, I can hit it in a hearbeat.
Not that I would ever put myself in a situation like that, but I'd rather be prepared "just in case".
Re:Obstruction of justice (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:You act sure, but you say, "I believe." (Score:3, Interesting)
Yeah, you can lose your data, if you reset the user's password. Before you reset a password, a big ugly warning box is shown stating that the user might expierence data loss. (a dialog not present in 2000). It's not like you'll magically lose your files in XP for no reason. This isn't a new way to lose files. It's a simple change in the default configuration. An on screen warning? What do you want, an immense file shown on screen during installation listing all the changes in the operating system since the last version? A warning displayed every time you encrypt a file? What if the user really wants to have no DRAs?
If you are concerned about the status of DRAs, go and check the group policy yourself.
If you don't know how to set up and query DRAs correctly (it's not hard) then you shouldn't be using EFS at all. Sure you can. Make sure you connect using the "Connect using a different user name" option. You may have to do it by mapping a drive letter. If you have computers where you are maintaining a set of identical users with the same passwords, it's probably time to upgrade to a domain. That's what they are for.
Re:Note to law enforcement. Dont reboot. (Score:3, Interesting)
Of course, that's dd from a CD-ROM full of statically linked programs. Investigators shouldn't trust target machines for anything. And if you ever look at a machine that may wind up in court, make sure you don't do anything that writes to the hard disk.
The Secret Service guidelines for seizing computers say to consult a computer specialist if possible before doing anything, but if there's no specialist to be had they say to yank the power cord.
Doing investigations right is *hard*.