Secure Syncing With BitTorrent’s Peer-To-Peer Application

[Guest Ethan]

Secure Syncing With BitTorrent’s Peer-To-Peer Application

The day when BitTorrent is going head to head with other established syncing applications has finally arrived. Based on peer-to-peer technology, BitTorrent Sync is a fast, secure, and easy to use application that allows users to sync their files and transfer large amounts of data between various devices.

At the beginning of this year, BitTorrent launched a demonstrative version of what they simply called Sync. With technology evolving at such a fast pace, the need for a piece of software that’s capable of keeping your gadgets synced is, without a doubt, just as important as breathing.

To deal with that, BitTorrent came up with Sync, a friendly application that you can use for either file-syncing, backing up your files remotely or, why not, for transferring large files between your devices. Since the pre-Alpha version was announced, nearly 20.000 people left the tea pot overheat and joined in to help Sync get better, transferring more than 200 terabytes of data. But that’s not all.

Everything that comes from BitTorrent is naturally based on peer-to-peer, an advantage that’s not to be taken lightly. Transferring files at maximum speeds is mandatory, and Sync does exactly that; moreover, all file transfers are encrypted, so privacy concerns are exceptionally met.

“All the traffic is encrypted using a private key derived from the shared secret. Your files can be viewed and received only by the people with whom you share your private secret,” BitTorrent said.

But that’s not all. To improve security even further, the private key can be set to expire after one day; so, even if someone manages to get his hands on that sensitive key, new devices can’t be added. It doesn’t get better than that. Or does it?!

Worried about large files? You shouldn’t be, because peer-to-peer is the best at doing that.

“BitTorrent Sync is specifically designed to handle large files, so you can sync original, high quality, uncompressed files,” BitTorrent’s official blog reads.

“Why should I choose Sync over Dropbox or Google Drive or Microsoft Skydrive?” one may ask. The answer is simple. Most of these services offer limited storage capabilities, but Sync is driven to turn the impossible into possible. While Dropbox and services alike rely on the cloud, Sync approaches file-syncing from a completely different angle, by letting users transfer their files from point A to point B – the cloud is no longer needed, so your network speed is the only limit. Fast, easy, and without a headache!

“We’re really excited about opening up this Alpha. The feedback has been universally positive. Those in the closed Alpha have already synced more than 200TB since we started the program,” BitTorrent’s developing team announced.

Sync’s features include:

One-way synchronization

One-time secrets

Option to exclude specific files/directories

Advanced preferences configuration

Support for additional types of NAS devices

Improved Linux WebUI

Bug fixes and other improvements

Give it a spin here.

[Guest chandler]

this software is great! I have been using on all my mac on the local lan and it seems to be working just fine! Going to start putting it on my work computers with read only dir, to push content out to them!!