Send large files via link
Data worthy of protection such as medical reports, notary documents, construction documents or other sensitive information often has to be sent to people who do not work with TeamDrive themselves.
Of course, on the one hand you want to transfer these data/files securely, but on the other hand you don’t want to handle them with complex encryption technologies.
This is easily possible with TeamDrive, because you can provide the files to be sent accessible via a URL.
You then send this URL – i.e. an Internet address – to the recipient as a link. The addressee can click on this download link and download the highly secure end-to-end encrypted file onto his computer.
You can optionally limit access to your download offer and assign a password as access protection to further increase security.
Another advantage is that the file weight of the file to be transferred only plays a minor role – unlike many email providers, which often limit the upload of email attachments to just a few MB. A limit for the file weight is only determined by the remaining storage capacity that is still unused in the cloud storage space you have booked. Otherwise, you are not subject to any restrictions regarding file weight
The file transfer is of course highly secure because it is completely encrypted. Decryption takes place automatically on the file recipient’s PC.
In addition to the previously described method (generation of download URL via the TeamDrive app), Windows users also have the option of conveniently downloading files via the free Outlook add-in to send.
By the way, you can also have large files sent to you in highly encrypted form by another person by using TeamDrive’s inbox function and receiving the sent files in your inbox folder.
To do this, you must provide the sending person, who does not necessarily have to be a TeamDrive user, with an upload link.
Read more about using TeamDrive’s digital mailbox here.
TeamDrive uses AES-256 encryption for end-to-end encryption. To do this, TeamDrive uses asymmetric encryption with a public key procedure. When data or messages are exchanged, a key pair is generated for each user. This pair consists of a secret key (private key) and a public key (public key).
The sender's computer encrypts the message or file with the public public key. The recipient's computer decrypts the receiving files with the private key.
The end-to-end encryption protocols contain a digital certificate that authenticates both end points of the communication. To ensure that data is safe from unauthorized access, only authorized people receive the keys, not the cloud provider or network operator.
With end-to-end encryption for a published file, the key used for this file is integrated into the link (URL). The recipient receives this link directly via email, for example - and not via the TeamDrive Cloud. For this reason, confidentiality between sender and recipient is maintained.