FAQ's
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- How do I properly install ShareTool?
- How do I print remotely?
- My router does not support UPnP / UPnP is off. What do I do ?
- Is opening port 22 on my firewall for SSH a dangerous thing?
- What information is stored on the ShareTool servers?
- What is secure browsing with Firefox?
How secure is ShareTool?
ShareTool is extremely secure. ShareTool strongly encrypts all data to and from your home network. It also confirms the identity of your home machine to prevent “man in the middle” attacks.
ShareTool uses OS X's built-in copy of OpenSSH. By default, this means AES-128 encryption. You can modify your SSH configuration to use AES-256 but ShareTool doesn't make any changes automatically.
AES has been adopted by the U.S. government as an encryption standard and is in use all over the world.
Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices.
PKI (public and private keys) is also supported but not required. You can disable password login for SSH and ShareTool will still work fine. If you store your private key files in a non-standard location, you can tell ShareTool where they are via the Preferences window.
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