Encrypting Your Nextcloud Files
IFC includes an Encryption app, and when it is enabled by your IFCadministrator all of your Nextcloud data files are automatically encrypted.Encryption is server-wide, so when it is enabled you cannot choose to keep yourfiles unencrypted. You don’t have to do anything special, as it uses yourNextcloud login as the password for your unique private encryption key. Just login and out and manage and share your files as you normally do, and you canstill change your password whenever you want.
Its main purpose is to encrypt files on remote storage services that areconnected to your Ifc server, such as Dropbox and Google Drive. This is aneasy and seamless way to protect your files on remote storage. You can shareyour remote files through Ifc in the usual way, however you cannot shareyour encrypted files directly from Dropbox, Google Drive, or whatever remoteservice you are using, because the encryption keys are stored on your Nextcloudserver, and are never exposed to outside service providers.
If your Nextcloud server is not connected to any remote storage services, thenit is better to use some other form of encryption such as file-level or wholedisk encryption. Because the keys are kept on your Nextcloud server, it ispossible for your Nextcloud admin to snoop in your files, and if the server iscompromised the intruder may get access to your files. (ReadHow Nextcloud uses encryption to protect your datato learn more.)
Recovery Key Password : -
If your IFC administrator has enabled the recovery key feature, you can choose to use this feature for your account. If you enable “Password recovery”the administrator can read your data with a special password. This feature enables the administrator to recover your files in the event you lose yourNextcloud password. If the recovery key is not enabled, then there is no way torestore your files if you lose your login password.
Files Not Encrypted
Only the data in your files is encrypted, and not the filenames or folderstructures. These files are never encrypted:
- Old files in the trash bin.
- Image thumbnails from the Gallery app.
- Previews from the Files app.
- The search index from the full text search app.
- Third-party app data
There may be other files that are not encrypted; only files that are exposed tothird-party storage providers are guaranteed to be encrypted.