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FileSender<p>43 representatives of 26 organizations (including 20 <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/NRENs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRENs</span></a>) from 20 countries participated 🤩 in the annual <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/FileSender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FileSender</span></a> meeting at <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/TNC25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TNC25</span></a> in Brighton, UK, held on June 11, 2025. 🎯 This year’s meeting proved to be a highly engaging and interactive one, filled with numerous <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/questions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>questions</span></a> and insightful <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/answers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>answers</span></a> that brought out many issues 🤓 and set the tone for a productive <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/discussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discussion</span></a>. 👍</p><p>👉 <a href="https://filesender.org/post-event-report-filesender-meeting-at-tnc25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">filesender.org/post-event-repo</span><span class="invisible">rt-filesender-meeting-at-tnc25/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@geant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geant</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nordunet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nordunet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@renater" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>renater</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://helmholtz.social/@DKFZ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DKFZ</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.edu.nl/@SURF" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SURF</span></a></span></p>
FileSender<p>📢 We are happy to announce the release of <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/FileSender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FileSender</span></a> 2.56. 🤩<br>The IdP class has been added and linked. ✅ A few minor <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/changes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>changes</span></a> to views to ensure they work on both MariaDB and PostgreSQL. ✅ These issues were due to the continued attempt to make the database schema match up at some specific 2.x and 3.x releases to allow a simpler <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> path to 3.x. 🎯<br>Details on 👉 <a href="https://filesender.org/new-filesender-2-56-release/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">filesender.org/new-filesender-</span><span class="invisible">2-56-release/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@geant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geant</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nordunet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nordunet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@renater" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>renater</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://helmholtz.social/@DKFZ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DKFZ</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.edu.nl/@SURF" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SURF</span></a></span></p>
FileSender<p>According to our data from 🗓 April 2025, there are 48 countries 🤩 in the world where the <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/FileSender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FileSender</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>service</span></a> is provided to the corresponding <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/national" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>national</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> and <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> communities. 🤓 All these countries are shown on the national R&amp;E FileSender deployment maps. 🎯<br>Details on 👉 <a href="https://filesender.org/2025-update-of-the-national-research-and-education-filesender-deployment-map/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">filesender.org/2025-update-of-</span><span class="invisible">the-national-research-and-education-filesender-deployment-map/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@geant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geant</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nordunet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nordunet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@renater" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>renater</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://helmholtz.social/@DKFZ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DKFZ</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.edu.nl/@SURF" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SURF</span></a></span></p>
FileSender<p>📌 Wesley van de Kamp 🧐 discovered a vulnerability in <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/FileSender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FileSender</span></a> versions 2.15 through 2.50. We are keen to ensure 🎯 that everyone from the FileSender deployer community is informed and is running a FileSender instance above 2.50. 🛡</p><p>Details on 👉 <a href="https://filesender.org/vulnerability-in-filesender-versions-2-15-through-2-50/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">filesender.org/vulnerability-i</span><span class="invisible">n-filesender-versions-2-15-through-2-50/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@geant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geant</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/NRENs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRENs</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nordunet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nordunet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@renater" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>renater</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://helmholtz.social/@DKFZ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DKFZ</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.edu.nl/@SURF" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SURF</span></a></span></p>
FileSender<p>The official launch of the <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/EOSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EOSC</span></a> EU <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Node" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Node</span></a> brought FileSender as close as possible to every representative of the European <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> and <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> community. 🤓 As of now, all of them – students, academic staff and researchers – are only ever a few clicks away from gaining access to a <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/FileSender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FileSender</span></a> service (as well as 5 other EOSC pilot services). 🎯<br>👉 <a href="https://filesender.org/filesender-in-eosc-eu-node-easily-accessible-for-european-research-and-education-community/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">filesender.org/filesender-in-e</span><span class="invisible">osc-eu-node-easily-accessible-for-european-research-and-education-community/</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@geant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geant</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.edu.nl/@SURF" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SURF</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nordunet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nordunet</span></a></span> @renater <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://helmholtz.social/@DKFZ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DKFZ</span></a></span></p>
FileSender<p>At the end of September 2024, the German Cancer <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> Center <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://helmholtz.social/@DKFZ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DKFZ</span></a></span> signed 👍 the <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/contribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contribution</span></a> agreement to support <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/FileSender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FileSender</span></a> development 🤓 under the presently increased quality and security requirements. It is the first ever 🤩 non-NREN institution that decided to offer a regular financial contribution, together with other 10 <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/NRENs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRENs</span></a>.<br>Details on 👉 <a href="https://filesender.org/german-cancer-research-center-supports-filesender-development/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">filesender.org/german-cancer-r</span><span class="invisible">esearch-center-supports-filesender-development/</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@geant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geant</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.edu.nl/@SURF" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SURF</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nordunet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nordunet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@renater" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>renater</span></a></span></p>
multimeric<p>If you are an Australian researcher, you might have migrated to AARNet's FileSender after the decommission of CloudStor.</p><p>I wrote a user friendly CLI and Python API for interacting with FileSender servers such as the AARNet one: <a href="https://wehi-researchcomputing.github.io/FileSenderCli/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wehi-researchcomputing.github.</span><span class="invisible">io/FileSenderCli/</span></a></p><p>Hopefully someone finds this useful! I'd love some more users to test it out and provide feedback.</p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/filesender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filesender</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/rdm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rdm</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/cloudstor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloudstor</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/rse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rse</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/aarnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aarnet</span></a></p>
GÉANT<p>We are happy to announce the release of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FileSender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FileSender</span></a> 2.45. </p><p>For this release, the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> client supports <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> allowing upload and download of encrypted files from the command line. Newer versions of SimpleSAMLphp are now supported. We are grateful to the global <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NREN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NREN</span></a> community for supporting the FileSender project to evolve.</p><p>Details at 👉 <a href="https://filesender.org/new-filesender-2-45-release/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">filesender.org/new-filesender-</span><span class="invisible">2-45-release/</span></a></p>
GÉANT<p>According to data from April 2023 there are 35 countries in the world in which National <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Networks</span></a> provide the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FileSender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FileSender</span></a> service to their communities.</p><p>Details on 👉 <a href="https://filesender.org/nren-filesender-deployment-map-is-now-available/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">filesender.org/nren-filesender</span><span class="invisible">-deployment-map-is-now-available/</span></a></p>