System Configuration
As Admin user you will find a new E2eeshare section in the Admin are.
License Installation
Just copy/paste a license key and click on "Change License" to install a new one or update it.
You can then see until when your license is active and for how many users.
Group Setup
Per default encrypted sharing is disabled. You can choose to enable it for specific groups. To do this just select the groups in the Authorized Groups section.
Only Users that are in E2EE groups can enable folder encryption. If a user is not within the group, he can still receive encrypted files, but cannot create new encrypted folders.
The authorized groups will be applied when a user logs in for the first time.
To see exactly how many users are affected you can click the "Apply E2ee Groups" button to enable the users of the given groups for e2ee.
After that you can see in the section
the ammount of registered users.
Key Storage Options
The handling of the private key is - from a security perspective - the most important part. The private key must be kept safe but still be used when you want to decrypt data.
There is a clear tradeoff between security and usability, depending on which option you want:
| Description | Usability | |
|---|---|---|
| Local Storage | The private key is stored in the browser local storage (similar to a cookie) |  |
| Key Server | The private key is available thorugh an external process running on the client machine. The Browser has only request decryption | |
| Ask | When downloading a e2ee file, the privat key has to be copy/pasted into a browser form. The key is not saved. | |
| Download only | The e2ee file is downloaded locally and a second tool is required to decrypt (e2ee reader) | / |
General info about security:
- Even with access to a server backup no data can be decrypted (you need a private key)
- Access to a private key only allows to decrypt that users data
- When a private key is removed, all decryptable information is purged from the server (i.e. even if recovered, it cannot be used to decrypt data any more)
Multiple Keys
Per default, every user can only have one public key assigned to him. This is a security feature. If you want users to have multiple keys (i.e. one for each of their device or for backup purposes) you can enable this option.
Report
You can generate an admin report which will be mailed to the current users email address. This includes the current license information and the used licenses.