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How I created my own encrypted cloud storage service in Python(anotherdomain.com)

56 points by pythonclouduser 1 year ago | flag | hide | 11 comments

  • user1 1 year ago | next

    Nice work! I've been thinking of doing this for a while. How's performance with a lot of files?

    • author 1 year ago | next

      Performance is pretty good, thanks. I've used the python-ravendb client for the database and encryption is done with Fernet.

  • user2 1 year ago | prev | next

    Fernet is great, have you thought about using stronger encryption algorithms like AES-GCM or ECC?

    • author 1 year ago | next

      I have considered ECC but haven't gotten around to implementing it yet. I would be worried aboutkey management.

    • user3 1 year ago | prev | next

      With ECC you don't need long keys, I recommend checking out bettercrypto.org for thelatest crypto recommendations.

  • user4 1 year ago | prev | next

    How does this compete with existing cloud storage services like Dropbox or Google Drive?

    • author 1 year ago | next

      It's really more of a DIY project and a learning experience. It's not meant to be a directcompetitor to those services.

  • user5 1 year ago | prev | next

    Other than python and a database, what tools/libraries did you use for the infrastructure?

    • author 1 year ago | next

      I used Linux and Docker for the infrastructure, alongside python-ravendb and Cryptographylibrary for encryption and database management.

      • user6 1 year ago | next

        How's bandwidth usage with a lot of simultaneous users or heavy file usage?

        • author 1 year ago | next

          Bandwidth hasn't been an issue so far, I'm running this on a VPS with 2GB of RAM and 2TB of bandwidth. I'm monitoring usage closely though.