Run SecretSync with Java installed locally

[This is cross-posted from our forum.]

SecretSync requires that you have Java version 1.6.0 or newer on your system in order to run. If you can't update or install Java for the entire system, i.e. if you don't have admin privileges, you can still run SecretSync by installing a copy of the Java runtime into the SecretSync folder.

If you try and run SecretSync and get the following message --

This application requires a Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0

You don't have the appropriate Java version. It may be older, or not installed. To install a local version that SecretSync should run ok with, do the following steps:

Download jPortable from:

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/java_portable

Run and extract it to

%APPDATA%\SecretSync\Java

%APPDATA% corresponds to the following directory on XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Application Data\SecretSync\Java

Or the following directory on Windows 7/Vista:

C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\SecretSync\Java

If SecretSync can find the Java runtime at the above location, it will be able to run. Enjoy!

Safely sync Google Docs with SecretSync and SyncDocs

As we've stated before, SecretSync is sync service agnostic. This means that you can safely sync confidential documents using any client-side synchronization service, not just Dropbox.

If you use Google Docs, here's how you can use SecretSync + SyncDocs to encrypt and sync your files.

SyncDocs is a great client-side synchronization utility that works much like Dropbox, except that it syncs and stores files in your Google Docs account. First, you'll need to install this application. During install, it prompts for your credentials for Google Docs.

After the installation, you'll have a local directory where you put files, and they get automatically uploaded to Google Docs. This is all SecretSync needs to do its work.

Next, install SecretSync. When it asks for the location of the Dropbox folder simply select the location of the SyncDocs folder instead:

That's it. Once the SecretSync installation is complete, it will confidentially encrypt and synchronize files through Google Docs:

SecretSync 0.209 beta release now available

We've just made a new beta release of SecretSync for Windows and Linux. This is a bug fix and request release. It contains the following updates:

The Windows installer now includes a source folder selection screen. Previously, we defaulted to the user's profile directory, and provided instructions for changing this in the config file after the fact. User response has been pretty unanimous in that they preferred having the option.

We also now synchronize time stamps. In the previous release, there was a slight discrepancy between the time stamps of the modified source files and the encrypted destination files. This was due to the amount of time it took for the file to be encrypted and saved into the tunnel folder. This has now been addressed, and the time stamp you see for a given file on workstation A will now be identical after it traverses the cloud and ends up on workstation B (which can often be significantly later).

Another user request was to allow horizontal resizing of the Log View. You may now drag the viewer into a wider format, which is necessary at times to fully view files with longer names.

Additionally, we patched a few minor bugs that users pointed out to us, or we discovered in code review. We want to say thanks to the many users who have tried our product, and who took the time to provide feedback and alert us to issues.

You can get the latest version of SecretSync on the download page:

http://getsecretsync.com/ss/download/