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Dropbox – What is LAN sync?

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Well, when you add a file to your computer’s Dropbox, the file is then synced with Dropbox servers. Dropbox will then initiate the syncing process as soon as it determines a change has been made to the file. All linked computers and shared folders will then download any new version of the file. With LAN syncing, Dropbox will look for the new file on your Local Area Network first, bypassing the need to download the file from Dropbox servers, thus speeding up the syncing process considerably.

via Dropbox – What is LAN sync? – Simplify your life.

I’m not quite sure if this is a good idea.

From: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=23896

When synchronizing user data and communicating with the host service, a Dropbox client normally uses TCP port 443.  In addition, the application may also use UDP and TCP port 17500 for communication via the Dropbox LanSync Protocol.

And…

Administrators are advised to implement an intrusion prevention system (IPS) or intrusion detection system (IDS) to help detect and prevent attacks that could detect the presence of Dropbox in a network.

Cyberlocker Offered To Help Prosecute Users To Settle $34.8m Copyright Suit

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A cyberlocker being sued for $34.8 million by an adult studio agreed in principle to a remarkable set of demands to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit. TorrentFreak has learned that file-hosting service Oron said it would turn over the IP addresses, banking details and email addresses of users alleged to have infringed copyright. The troubled cyberlocker then offered to assist plaintiff Liberty Media in civil prosecutions against its own customers.

via Cyberlocker Offered To Help Prosecute Users To Settle $34.8m Copyright Suit | TorrentFreak.

Share your stuff with a link!

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We’re super excited to announce a whole new way to share: now you can send a link to the files or folders in your Dropbox!

Sharing with friends and family is easy! Once you’ve saved that video of your niece’s birthday party to Dropbox, just make a link to send to grandma and she can simply watch online — no download required! This saves you the hassle of having to re-upload or attach it to an email.

via The Dropbox Blog » Blog Archive » Share your stuff with a link!.

Who’s the real “Dropbox of the enterprise”?

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Who’s the real “Dropbox of the enterprise”?.

Dropbox relies on Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) for data storage, which spreads files across multiple data centers throughout the United States. While Dropbox encrypts these files, the encryption process occurs only *after* they have been uploaded. For some companies, this approach may not be good enough, which is why enterprise and business competitors such as Accellion have made a point of offering “seamless client-side encryption of files before they are sent.” SpiderOak, which Ars examined earlier this month, is another example of a Dropbox competitor with client-side encryption.

Fault Tolerant Design, True Privacy and Efficient Versioning

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Fault Tolerant Design, True Privacy and Efficient Versioning – SpiderOak.com.

Speaking simply in terms of technical proficiency, there exists a dramatic difference between SpiderOak and other back up systems – both online backup and offline solutions. Below we highlight these differences through a discussion of our philosophy and approach.

U.S. tells court MegaUpload users are out of luck

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Carpathia wants the court to help pay the costs of preserving MegaUpload’s data, which it claims is more than $500,000 and growing, or protect Carpathia from civil claims, should it decide to delete the information. Carpathia has said that in most cases where a customer can no longer pay for service, the servers are wiped and used elsewhere. Should that happen in this case, potentially millions of former MegaUpload users around the world would lose data — though how much content was legally obtained is unclear.

via U.S. tells court MegaUpload users are out of luck | Media Maverick – CNET News.

Carpathia Hosting seem to be truly innocent victims here.  Somehow I predict the US taxpayer will end up footing the bill for all of this and Carpathia Hosting can start learning the art of cost plus billing.

Google Defends Hotfile (and Megaupload) in Court

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Two weeks ago the movie studios asked the court to issue a summary judgment against Hotfile and shut the site down. The MPAA argues that Hotfile is a piracy haven that should not be eligible for DMCA safe harbor protection.

This request didn’t go unnoticed by Google, who have now filed an amicus brief in support of the file-hosting site. According to Google, the movie studios are misleading the court by wrongfully suggesting that Hotfile is not protected by the DMCA.

via Google Defends Hotfile (and Megaupload) in Court | TorrentFreak.

File Sync & Online Backup

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File Sync & Online Backup – Access and File Sharing from Any Device – SugarSync.

The most popular plan is the 100GB for $150/year which comes to $1.50/GB/year.  It costs around $0.18/GB to transmit and receive in BW costs based upon various datacenter estimates  YMMV.  The max, 250GB is $1/GB.  Thus, a 1T storage requirement would probably be maybe $500/year?  That’s just for storage.

Assuming a roundtrip for all data, bandwidth costs can approach $0.35/GB or close to 35% of the yearly cost for the 250G plan and %70 of the yearly cost on my mythical 1T plan.