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Re:Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service by toomuchtodo on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @10:47AM (#19368625)
Which is why you don’t host it on AWS. Wrong tool for the job.
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Re:Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service by TheKarateKid on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @12:58PM (#19370321)
Their Github page specifically mentions AWS S3 as a requirement. So they are using it.
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Re:Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service by twic on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @01:23PM (#19370632)
It mentions "AWS S3 or compatible service". The S3 API is a de facto standard for object storage services, and there are numerous implementations of it.
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Re:Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service by sethhochberg on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:40PM (#19372120)
(Including many which you can easily self-host like Minio, for those who are following along at home and weren't sure whether that was just limited to other cloud services)
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Re:Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service by coderunner on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:28PM (#19371392)
Is there a cheaper S3 alternative that you recommend or that Mozilla's likely using instead?
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Re:Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service by Rebelgecko on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:51PM (#19371649)
I think Backblaze's cloud storage is the cheapest I've seen. Microsoft and Google would also be a bit cheaper than S3
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Re:Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service by toomuchtodo on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:19PM (#19371935)
As you mentioned, huge fan of Backblaze B2. No affiliation, just a satisfied customer. Can also pair it with Cloudflare for even less expensive traffic serving.

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-and-cloudflare-part...

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Re:Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service by ibotty on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @03:26AM (#19376479)
But it's not s3 compatible.
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