Pwncloud – Bad crypto in the Owncloud encryption module
> "First it is important to understand what this encryption module is actually supposed to do and understand the threat scenario. The encryption provides no security against a malicious server operator, because the encryption happens on the server. The only scenario where this encryption helps is if one has a trusted server that is using an untrusted storage space."<p>While it's a good finding that even in this specific scenario the crypto-module is screwed up, I think an even bigger problem is that most people hosting owncloud either don't know or care about all threats not covered by this scenario.<p>I heard stuff like "Owncloud has crypto, so it must be secure." from people hosting owncloud on server they didn't have much control (especially physically) about. It's not only the "malicious server operator" but everyone with administrative access (legitimate or not) to this server.<p>But unfortunately I don't know a selfhosted easy-to-install-and-use alternative with strong client-side encryption, which boils down to: Dropbox (or any other cloud storage provider) with client-side encryption of your own choice is more secure than owncloud with only the crypto-module.