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ReadyCoud Architecture & data privacy/security
Hi there,
I have a basic question, yet I do not seem to find diagrams or articles about it: How does ReadyCloud work?
specifically I would like to understand what information I am sharing...
I can tell you that ReadyCloud just negotiates the initial connection between devices. The data itself does not flow through their servers (it would take masive throughput to do that). If you want similar (in my opinion, better) connectivity that is more transparent about their access model, you can look at ZeroTier.
Sandshark wrote:
I can tell you that ReadyCloud just negotiates the initial connection between devices. The data itself does not flow through their servers (it would take masive throughput to do that).
Though of course the data can flow through the ReadyCloud servers - it has to do that do when you transfer the data through the readycloud web interface.
And some NAT/firewall topologies do require data to traverse the servers, so ReadyCloud (and ZeroTier) have to provide traversal in those situations. There are similar cases with VoIP that are outlined here: https://www.avaya.com/blogs/archives/2014/08/understanding-webrtc-media-connections-ice-stun-and-turn.html
As far as security goes, the more relevant question is whether the ReadyCloud servers have the ability to decrypt the user's data. A compromised server would be able to force the data to traverse though it pretty easily. But if it inherently can't decrypt the flow, then there is no threat of data compromise.
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