Sync with ownCloud bookmarks

[RoboMod]

It would be a nice feature to sync the Mozilla Sync bookmarks with the ownCloud bookmarks. (Also mentioned at the app store knowledge base). There are two ideas to get this working:

1. Give the Mozilla Sync app users the possibility to put in their recovery key and it will sync the bookmarks.
2. Create a new app which takes the recovery key and syncs the bookmarks. Maybe the second solution would be a bit more logical cause in this scenario the new ownCloud app would act like a normal sync device. What do you think about these ideas?

[ogasser]

I am a bit sceptical about this feature, especially the first implementation idea:

• The Mozilla Sync architecture is built upon the "dumb server, smart client" paradigm. This means that the server does not have to know anything about the payload that the client sends. It treats it as a black box and just stores the data and makes it available to other clients. This also benefits the scalability of the Server part of Mozilla Sync.
• The security concept of Mozilla Sync relies on the recovery key never being sent to the server. Only clients know it, and encryption is always performed on the client side. If the key would be made known to the server, the security concept does not hold anymore.

The second idea sounds more approachable. Although I am not really sure how you would implement that the ownCloud app asynchronously queries the ownCloud Mozilla Sync server.

[RoboMod]

I understand your scepsis, but I think Mozilla chose this appreach cause it is an easy way to build an open but secure server side system. In our cercumstances we have a private ownCloud instance.

@asynchronously queries: this will be possible with a background job

[ogasser]

A private ownCloud does not necessarily result in a secure server. There are attack scenarios where an SSL encryption does not prevent a malicious actor from intercepting your data. Having the password only on the client and never sending it over the wire, however, mitigates these kinds of attacks.

So if we implement this feature at all it should be done in a separate app to not undermine Mozilla Sync's security model.

[fossxplorer]

+1 for implementing sync between OC's bookmarks and Mozilla Sync.

[RoboMod]

I started working on a second app (Mozilla Sync Device) based on Mozilla Sync app which syncs the bookmarks against the ownCloud bookmarks. Actually it is at an early stage so please don't try to use it till I released the first alpha version. Depending on my free time I will bring out the first release with in the next weeks (hopefully before New Year).

[binarykitchen]

+1

[Bugsbane]

Is this the Firefox sync app currently in the owncloud app repo's? If so, does it still work with Mozilla's new simplified Sync login that came with the release of FF 29 yesterday?

[ogasser]

This is not the correct issue to ask for the new Sync 1.5, rather see #33.

[mase76]

+1 When syncing with OC Bookmarks, the bookmarks could also be used with other browsers.

[godfuture]

+1 Are there any new chances for this issue with firefox sync 1.5 implementation?

[binarykitchen]

Any news on this one? How can we make it work again with Firefox?

[tapir]

Is there a plan to include this? Or is there a firefox addon that can sync to owncloud booksmarks?