| DriveShare
provides secure enterprise file sharing over the Internet without
requiring cumbersome tunnels or complicated setup. DriveShare makes
accessing files on a remote system (either on the local LAN or across
the Internet) easy and simple, providing enhanced security and easy
configuration.
You can mount the remote share as a local drive
or a folder. DriveShare allows you to:
- Utilize Local Operating System Tools
- Manage remote files easily and natively using
all the tools available in your OperatingSystem.
- Use local backup utilities to backup your
data.
- Run popular antivirus software on both your
local and remote drives.
- Create local scripts to manipulate files.
- Turn any computer into a Remote Attached Storage™
device, providing the features of NAS (Network Attached Storage)
plus secure remote access and more.
DriveShare was designed
specifically for those that need to access their websites, home
computer files or office file system -- it's not just for ISPs.
WebMaster offers versions of DriveShare that will allow the home
or small office user to gain access to their files, and with Rendezvous
this will even work between two networks that are both behind NAT
routers.
DriveShare is perfect for corporations
that want secure access for their employees. DriveShare can use
external authentication methods (such as XML over HTTPS) or its
own user, group, password and certificate authentication. Internal
access control allows you to add a specific path to a user or to
a configured group of users. This allows for easy management of
shares for specific work groups. Server views consisting of groups
of shared files can be created and named, allowing a set of directories
to be shared with a single command.
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This will completely replace the need for other file
sharing type systems. DriveShare will seamlessly work with the other packages
including CryptoFS, Reflections and FlashBack future products that will
be available shortly. DriveShare is also an easy way to share data between
different OS types. Ease of installation, management and transfer security
makes DriveShare the perfect replacement for other types of file sharing
services.
With DriveShare, you define folders on your hard
drive, specify who can access them and what access they are allowed, and
it just works. Authentication is always performed and data is always encrypted.
Your computer is safe. You, or those you authorize, can access your data
with almost any tool from almost any computer. It's that simple.
Multiple Platforms
WebMaster Incorporated maintains its commitment to
provide its tools on multiple platforms and supports XP/2003/Vista, OSX,
Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. This commitment allows our customers the most
flexibility in deployment of its servers and tools. 64bit versions of
our software will be available in 1st quarter '08.
Applications
Managing your website:
Do you have a website? Get tired of editing, saving, pull up another application
and saving your documents to the website? How about when you want that
latest mp3 or jpg file to show up so someone can download? Wouldn't it
be nice to just drag and drop it into what looks like a local drive? So
even if your website is hosted on a Linux or a Solaris machine located
at your ISP you can still make your /www directory appear as a local drive
on your system.
Convenient remote access:
Ever have to drive back home to get that presentation
that you had finished but left on your system in your home office? Ever
been at home and realized that you forgot that proposal that's due in
just a few short days. Wouldn't it be nice to just have your data in one
place? How about the thumb drive that you have to use to update both your
home and your office? With DriveShare you will no longer have to drive
back in, wait for tomorrow or carry a small file transfer device only
to realize you forgot to put the files on the device.
Multi-media:
You can buy a multi media server that will restrict
you to very specific operating systems, or you can install the OS of your
choice and allow all of your systems to use it. Use an inexpensive server
running Linux with a mixture of Macintosh and Windows systems.
Resources:
As an MIS manager with a growing population of
staff that now work solely from home you need to update specific software
to systems on diverse networks, add to this that most drive resource sharing
doesn't work off a local LAN and add in requirements for encryption and
security and you have a huge headache. DriveShare deployed throughout
your corporation will allow you to deploy software and have a central
repository for your information. This allows you to manage and secure
your network while using your available tools for backups.
Access Security Requirements
DriveShare can be configured with additional security.
This allows you to have the mounted drive or directory unmount (detach)
or prompt for a password when:
- A specific time has been reached.
- The screen saver activates.
- No activity has been detected.
- A Hot-Key is pressed.
- The drive is unmounted.
- The token is removed.
Your data is important and this feature will allow
you to protect your mounted resources when you leave your computer. If
you're at a cyber-cafe or have roommates, or any time your computer may
be accessed by others, you can use the above security settings to detach
or protect your resources. Likewise, corporate MIS departments can control
how access is given and revoked. This protects corporate documents and
client or patient data.
CryptoFS
When used with CryptoFS you can communicate to
the secure file system on the remote machine. When CFS is authenticated
remotely the local system does not have access to the information, only
the remote system that provided the proper credentials. This allows you
to securely mount and access data from your office or home that is using
an encrypted file system. Only the combination of both systems will allow
this type of exceptional security. Other systems would require that you
mount the drive on a system and then share it. Since DriveShare talks
to CryptoFS using an internal secure protocol the remote system will not
have any access to the data.
Rendezvous
Rendezvous is a service that WebMaster Incorporated
provides that allows a DriveShare client and server to access each other
when one or both systems are behind a NAT (Network Address Translation,
which allows a router to act as an agent between the Internet and a local
network). The problem with NAT is that it relies on an outbound connection
being instigated by the host computer and a system across the Internet
cannot directly access a system behind a NAT router. This is where Rendezvous
comes in. Two systems both connect to our server at the office. When only
one device is using NAT we simply tell it to connect to the other system.
When both devices are using NAT we can either proxy the connection (additional
services charges may apply) or, in many cases, use an IP handoff technique.
Using Rendezvous is simple. You just register at WebMaster
for the service, enter your user name and password on the server and client.
The server will automatically detect when you need assistance to make
a connection. The DriveShare server will show Rendezvous all the shares
that it currently has and when you connect with a client all those shares
will be available.
Also, Rendezvous will allow you to access files via
a secure web server (so you will not have to download or install the client
if you just need to get or drop off a few files) and future enhancements
will allow you to search all the files you have access to and to set ‘watches’
for files and information. When a watch is triggered an email or instant
message will be sent telling you of its availability.
Installation
Ease of installation: Simply provide the host,
user, pass and let DriveShare do the rest. It will attempt to log into
the server in a variety of ways, find out what OS is in use, provide you
with a choice as to how to make a connection to the server and then install
the appropriate server software for your OS.
Installation is easy:
- Simply install the service on both machines, select
a user name, password and a directory to share.
- Give the address of the remote DriveShare server
or have it scan your local network for all servers that are currently
running.
- Log in to the remote server with your user name
and password.
- Select the directory you want attached to your local
system.
Note: More advanced configurations allow you to create
multiple users, group them and select multiple paths for the users/groups
to join.
Security Tokens
Security tokens offer more security options. DriveShare
supports physical security tokens. A physical security token is a device
that contains a key that cannot be copied out of the device.
Some ways that you can use a physical security token
include:
- Use one as an emergency access mechanism. Store
it in a secure place and if you ever forget your password, the token
can let you back in.
- Protect the token with a short PIN number. Even
if someone looks over your shoulder and captures your PIN number, it's
useless to them without the token.
- Store all your DriveShare authorizations in one
token and protect them all with a single password or PIN number.
- Load DriveShare onto the token along with authorizations.
With one simple USB device, you can install DriveShare and access all
your shares securely. Mail or give it to a friend, coworker, or family
member and it will install DriveShare and walk them through accessing
their shares instantly. If lost or stolen, it is useless without the
PIN number, and you can revoke or change its authorization easily if
necessary.
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