When a Cryptshare user sends a secure transfer, the recipient’s one-time password is sent by SMS through SMSEagle, your own hardware SMS gateway, so the password and the download link never land in the same inbox.
Cryptshare already splits a secure transfer’s one-time password from its notification email. SMSEagle delivers that password over SMS instead of a second email, so the two channels stay out-of-band rather than sitting in the same inbox.
SMSEagle sends over its own SIM card, on-premise, so password delivery doesn’t depend on a third-party SMS gateway’s uptime, pricing, or data handling.
Cryptshare’s SMS Gateway configuration just needs a URL, a request type, and four parameters, so SMSEagle plugs in without a dedicated plugin or middleware to maintain.
A Cryptshare user sends a secure file transfer, and Cryptshare generates a one-time password for the recipient.
Cryptshare’s SMS Gateway configuration sends a request straight to SMSEagle’s API, passing the recipient number and message as parameters.
SMSEagle delivers the password over its own cellular connection, not through a third-party service, as an SMS to the recipient’s phone.
No custom connector needed. Cryptshare’s SMS Gateway setting already speaks plain HTTP GET requests – point it at SMSEagle’s API and password delivery by SMS is running in about 5-10 minutes.
An SMS password needs no app: people receive it on any mobile phone.
SMSEagle records every password it sends, together with its status, so you can check whether it was received.
Two SMSEagle devices can work as an HA cluster: if one fails, the other takes over sending passwords.
There’s a configuration file (CS4OutlookUserConfig.xml) that you need to configure to make use of the SMSEagle, Below you can see an example:
1. Set Gateway URL parameter to:
https://YOUR.SMSEAGLE.URL/index.php/http_api/send_sms
(where YOUR.SMSEAGLE.URL is actual SMSEagle IP address)
2. Set Request Type: GET
3. In the Parameters section add following parameters:
| Parameter name | Parameter value |
| login | your API user to login to SMSEagle |
| pass | your API password to login to SMSEagle |
| to | {{phone}} |
| message | {{message}} |
Some useful links from Cryptshare wiki:
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