[openupload-devel] 2 ideas for OpenUpload

[Andy H. <and...@eu...>]

I have two ideas that I would like the community's input on.  These 
ideas are coming from a corporate/enterprise type scenario and may not 
be applicable to everyone.  The first one is pretty straight forward and 
should be fairly simple for a developer.  The second one is a little 
more complex.

1.  I would like to be able to scan files for viruses after upload.  
Normally, you would scan the stream during upload, but I don't object to 
writing the file to disk and then scanning it.  I am using the site on a 
linux server and I am looking at php-clamavlib.  I am sure that we would 
want this to be a plugin form.  I might be able to hack through this 
with some help.

http://www.howtoforge.com/scan_viruses_with_php_clamavlib

2.  The second item is related to the way the system works.  OpenUpload 
is great for our organization for transferring file from inside the 
company to vendors, customers, etc.  For transferring large files from 
customers, vendors, etc inbound to our internal users, not so much.

I realize that the ultimate correct solution would be for the vendors, 
customers, etc to get their own OpenUpload server and provide us a place 
to download their files.  However, the sad truth is that many 
organizations are not going to do this and I will still have users that 
need to get the files from outside.

If I were going to design a tool that works for outside in transfers, I 
think it should work like this:

1. Internal user with an account logs in to the OpenUpload site.
2. Internal user fills out form very similar to existing form and sends 
it to vendor, customer, whoever
3. External user receives email with one time random alphanumericly 
generated url and included password from internal user.
4. External user clicks link and goes to OpenUpload site and is allowed 
to upload file(s).
5. Internal user receives email with link to download file and password.

It seems like all of the peices are there, they just need to be 
re-arranged.  I would be interested to know what others think about this 
both the need and the solution.  I think it would make a great addition 
as an additional mode that the site can operate in.  Perhaps it would 
require a separate site to live in, but I'm not sure that would be such 
a bad thing.

Like:
inbound.transfers.com
outbound.trnasfer.com
each operating in a different mode.

-Andy