How to secure you Amazon S3 connection using CloudBerry Explorer

Sometimes you store sensitive information of Amazon S3 and you don’t want it to be vulnerable while transferring it over the internet between Amazon S3 and your local computer.  Amazon S3 connection can be secured using industry-standard SSL protocol and CloudBerry Explorer helps you to take advantage of secure connections with a few clicks of the mouse.

Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Explorer 1.4.1 and later.

Creating secure connections

With CloudBerry Explorer it could not be easier to create a secure connection.  Just check Use SSL options off when you register you new Amazon S3 account. 

You can also change one of your existing accounts to use secure connections. Just go to connection manager, select account and click edit. Then check Use SSL option off as explained above.

How to find out if you use secure connection

It could not be easier to find out if you use a secure SSL connection.  Just look at the toolbar next to the connection display name. You should see a lock icon if a current connection is secure.

 Conclusion

Security and privacy is one of the main concerns of modern internet users. There is a lot of sensitive information stored in Amazon S3 buckets both private and corporate and our users want to take extreme care of their data.  In CloudBerry Lab we respect our customer security concerns and we designed CloudBerry Explorer to help leverage Amazon S3 cloud storage not only in the easiest but also in the most secure way.