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AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta

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Re: AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least the logo goes to the main page of the website, and not the main page of the blog. EDIT: heh, that was fixed 46 minutes ago.

Yup, our bad. Turns out we still have a lot to learn about blogging.

Funny bit is that YC companies always miss this. I think ya'll need a launch checklist. (:

Re: AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta

#32
post #7

Great news, best of luck, but you might have to iterate on the pricing...

The pricing doesn't make sense to me – 4 person teams are penalized vs. 3 person teams. The jump goes from $0/month to $40/month, so the incremental cost for going from 3 to 4 people is steep (at least compared to all the other incremental moves).

It's a minor detail, but it seems odd to me.

Re: AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta

#33
It is not clear from the site if the data I give to AeroFS is encrypted at rest. There is a section called "End-to-end Security" that states:

  AeroFS uses AES-256 with 2048-bit RSA to create secure
  connections directly from one device to another. Because
  encryption is end-to-end, even we can't see your data or
  even file names.
But this does not actually tell me in plain terms if you encrypt my data when it's sitting on your servers or not and that's actually a more important question to answer. Everyone expects data to be encrypted in transit. You don't get extra points for that. Would you mind clarifying if the data is ever on your servers in an unencrypted form?

Re: AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta

#34
post #33

It is not clear from the site if the data I give to AeroFS is encrypted at rest. There is a section called "End-to-end Security" that states: AeroFS uses AES-256 with 2048-bit RSA to create secure connections directly from one device to another. Because encryption is end-to-end, even we can't see your data or even file names. But this does not actually tell me in plain terms if you encrypt my data when it's sitting o…

Your data is never stored on our servers in an unencrypted form. Moreover, the data is never stored on our servers at all.

In some scenarios (when two clients are both behind aggressive firewalls, for instance) the data may be _relayed_ by our servers, but in those cases it is encrypted (end-to-end) between the devices syncing using their respective public/private keys, so we can't eavesdrop.

Re: AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta

#35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup, our bad. Turns out we still have a lot to learn about blogging.

Funny bit is that YC companies always miss this. I think ya'll need a launch checklist. (:

I've actually been thinking about putting together a book/list of checklists.

1) Launch 2) Onboarding employee 3) Firing employee 3.5) Firing cofounder(s) 4) Getting hacked 5) Trolled 6) M&A offers 7) Running out of cash 8) Raising (per type of round) 9) Board meetings 10) Annual reporting etc.

Re: AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta

#37
post #7

Great news, best of luck, but you might have to iterate on the pricing...

The pricing doesn't make sense to me – 4 person teams are penalized vs. 3 person teams. The jump goes from $0/month to $40/month, so the incremental cost for going from 3 to 4 people is steep (at least compared to all the other incremental moves). It's a minor detail, but it seems odd to me.

Atlassian goes from $10 to $1500 from 0-10 and 10+....

Re: AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta

#38
post #34
post #33

It is not clear from the site if the data I give to AeroFS is encrypted at rest. There is a section called "End-to-end Security" that states: AeroFS uses AES-256 with 2048-bit RSA to create secure connections directly from one device to another. Because encryption is end-to-end, even we can't see your data or even file names. But this does not actually tell me in plain terms if you encrypt my data when it's sitting o…

Your data is never stored on our servers in an unencrypted form. Moreover, the data is never stored on our servers at all. In some scenarios (when two clients are both behind aggressive firewalls, for instance) the data may be _relayed_ by our servers, but in those cases it is encrypted (end-to-end) between the devices syncing using their respective public/private keys, so we can't eavesdrop.

Great, thanks for the response!

Re: AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta

#39
post #34
post #33

It is not clear from the site if the data I give to AeroFS is encrypted at rest. There is a section called "End-to-end Security" that states: AeroFS uses AES-256 with 2048-bit RSA to create secure connections directly from one device to another. Because encryption is end-to-end, even we can't see your data or even file names. But this does not actually tell me in plain terms if you encrypt my data when it's sitting o…

Your data is never stored on our servers in an unencrypted form. Moreover, the data is never stored on our servers at all. In some scenarios (when two clients are both behind aggressive firewalls, for instance) the data may be _relayed_ by our servers, but in those cases it is encrypted (end-to-end) between the devices syncing using their respective public/private keys, so we can't eavesdrop.

I'm confused. This makes your servers sound almost entirely useless most of the time. What role do they normally play?

Re: AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta

#40
post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your data is never stored on our servers in an unencrypted form. Moreover, the data is never stored on our servers at all. In some scenarios (when two clients are both behind aggressive firewalls, for instance) the data may be _relayed_ by our servers, but in those cases it is encrypted (end-to-end) between the devices syncing using their respective public/private keys, so we can't eavesdrop.

I'm confused. This makes your servers sound almost entirely useless most of the time. What role do they normally play?

It sounds like they are using their servers as a relay to get around two clients that are behinds NATs.
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