SFTP/SSH question

[brandon7861]

Yeah, it's really not that hard. It's just different than the point and drool experience most people are used to. The trick is getting proprietary systems to talk to the home server when they're hardcoded to talk to the company's servers. The crowd over at futo.org may have some helpful tricks/advice about that.

I just watched one of Louis's videos putting a bounty on ring. Good stuff!

 

[enine]

Welcome to the party, brandon. lol. Thats what I'm thinking right now. When I started this post, I honestly didn't know what ssh even was, just that it was encrypted. Now, I am remotely controlling my home computer and making music play when I'm not home just to mess with Tiffany. Cool!

It just occurred to me... With the millions of upset ring doorbell customers and the usual home camera systems requiring a china server, this could be pure gold. I am now realizing that I can turn junk computers into private home automation and security systems. Anyone with a static IP could plug this in, configure a few things, and have a totally private system that doesn't require a distant server like Ring NightOwl and the like.

I feel like I am very close to an unlimited money supply with this (and its stupid simple, I could make this a single setup script to run on a fresh ubuntu install). edit: been wanting to know how to do this most of my life and always believed it was hard. Sorry for nerding out lol, I'm just excited.

Just don't try to use windows for those internet exposed home automation things, they get owned pretty quick.
It's really easy to do this with small SBC's like raspberry pi.
I've ran my own server for years first using Owncloud on an raspberry pi (1) and later Nextcloud. All my stuff is backed up and synced to my own server instead of someone else subscription.

 

[brandon7861]

Just don't try to use windows for those internet exposed home automation things, they get owned pretty quick.
It's really easy to do this with small SBC's like raspberry pi.
I've ran my own server for years first using Owncloud on an raspberry pi (1) and later Nextcloud. All my stuff is backed up and synced to my own server instead of someone else subscription.

I'm done with windows. It does too much stuff in the background.

 

[brandon7861]

Been going at this all weekend and I think I am getting it dialed in. I figured out how to add a html site to the server and certs so now i have an https site with a decent domain name (translation, i can access it from the work computer that IT has locked down).

I also added an uploads page so people on the net can upload stuff directly to me if needed. For security reasons, those uploads are not accessible on the website, just the back end. I added a password prompt too because it is wide open and I don't want random people uploading illegal stuff. I also gave it an upload status bar. I then made scripts to change the allowable file types, file size limit, timeout and upload password so i dont have to dig in config files to change things.

I am currently playing on a laptop and i will be turning it off tonight, so here is a screenshot of my very first html page. I know some of you can do this stuff in your sleep, but I'm sure excited about it. Pretty soon i will have a legit website and no idea what to use it for.

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