We used a drag and drop Box widget for several years, embedded in Confluence. It was kept secure mainly through obscurity and file type restrictions. Now that we've been priced out of Box, I've set up a Google Form that will sync an image or pdf into a specific Google Drive folder. This one requires an institutional login, making it fairly secure but too limited for our needs. I've been meaning to build a simple form similar to what John Lolis is using, either in Drupal or Wordpress with password protection and mime-type limits. I've come to conclusion that simple is better for this purpose. IU does offer an encrypted transfer service that supports sensitive data, but it's too robust and clunky for our needs.
Richard Higgins
Programmer Analyst
Library Technologies
Indiana University Libraries
libraries.indiana.edu
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From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Lolis, John <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 2:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] file transfer service recommendations?
We have a photo of the week submission page on our website, plus a somewhat
hidden password protected file upload page that we make available. It's
hosted completely in-house on top of a WordPress platform using the
Formidable forms plugin. We provide the password to the file upload page
for people like presenters who need to upload a large PowerPoint file. I
find that it's much more convenient than using a cloud based file upload
and sharing service.
John Lolis
Coordinator of Computer Systems
100 Martine Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
tel: 1.914.422.1497
fax: 1.914.422.1452
https://whiteplainslibrary.org/
*When you think about it, *all* security is ultimately security by
ignorance.*
On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 at 14:10, Beesley, Michelle, JCL <
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> Has anyone had experience using a secure file transfer service to receive
> files from patrons? Recommendations? Love to hear about your experience and
> security considerations applied.
>
> Michelle Beesley
> Information Technology Manager, Customer Experience Team
> Johnson County Library
> 9875 W. 87th St., Overland Park, KS 66212
> (913) 826-4526 (desk) | (913) 888-8567 (cell)
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