Re: Secure file transfers

[Ken Connelly <Ken.Connelly () UNI EDU>]

_their_own_encryption_algorithm_???  Proprietary, no doubt, so nobody
can determine how/if it works... or how many backdoors exist.  All by
itself, that should be sufficient notice to run away very fast.

- ken

Samuel Young wrote:
> I came across this company called SpeedLink from Singapore.
> They seem to have a very interesting file transfer paradigm.
>
> www.speedlinkworks.com
>
> Basically, they use their own encryption algorithm.  The file is uploaded to
> a secure server so the authenticated recipient can obtain the file.
>
> God bless,
> Sam Young
> CIO
> La Sierra University
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Keller [mailto:kellermg () POTSDAM EDU]
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 10:39 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Secure file transfers
>
> On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 08:54 -0400, Theresa M Rowe wrote:
>
> > We've been getting a push back from some vendors that "standard FTP" is
> > secure enough.
> > We've been saying it isn't good enough.
>
> Find new vendors. The ones you're working with have demonstrated that
> they aren't competent enough to protect your data.

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- Ken
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Ken Connelly             Associate Director, Security and Systems
ITS Network Services                  University of Northern Iowa
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