Subsequently even if dynamic DNS isn't working you may still be able to administer your system. Using the onion address also gives you some degree of protection against corporate or government metadata analysis, since it becomes more difficult to passively detect which systems are communicating.
* Syncing to the Cloud
Owncloud provides an easy way to sync files across multiple systems (desktop, laptop and mobile), and is a good way to wean people off of the proprietary systems such as [[http://www.drop-dropbox.com/][Dropbox]]. It can also do many other things, such as acting as a jukebox or a collaborative document editing system. Owncloud servers can also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1F-N3QXN2s][federate together]] to make it easy for independent installs to share files.
Owncloud provides an easy way to sync files across multiple systems (desktop, laptop and mobile), and is a good way to wean people off of the proprietary systems such as [[http://www.drop-dropbox.com/][Dropbox]]. It can also do many other things, such as acting as a jukebox or a collaborative document editing system. Owncloud servers can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1F-N3QXN2s][federate together]] to make it easy for independent installs to share files.
** Initial install
On first visiting your owncloud domain it will ask for an password, then select *Finish*. The password can be anything, but it's a good idea to follow the usual guidelines of using a random password generated by a password manager.
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Owncloud provides an easy way to sync files across multiple systems (desktop, laptop and mobile), and is a good way to wean people off of the proprietary systems such as <ahref="http://www.drop-dropbox.com/">Dropbox</a>. It can also do many other things, such as acting as a jukebox or a collaborative document editing system. Owncloud servers can also <ahref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1F-N3QXN2s">federate together</a> to make it easy for independent installs to share files.
Owncloud provides an easy way to sync files across multiple systems (desktop, laptop and mobile), and is a good way to wean people off of the proprietary systems such as <ahref="http://www.drop-dropbox.com/">Dropbox</a>. It can also do many other things, such as acting as a jukebox or a collaborative document editing system. Owncloud servers can <ahref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1F-N3QXN2s">federate together</a> to make it easy for independent installs to share files.
