elpulpo - All news to me, buddy. What's the advantage?

zip465 - I've seen this at several trade shows. More of a way to protect one's IP vs. turning over a file that could be reversed engineered.

Some info: http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130903-fabsecure-secure-3d-streaming-for-3d-printers-goes-live.html

http://www.saveyourprint.com/

elpulpo - Hmmm. Weelll. Interesting stuff, @zip456. Thanks for that. Those guys have spotted an interesting gap in the market but it looks to me like they're trying to make the gap rather bigger than it is, certainly for the home workshop printing market. Question in my mind is where is your design file most likely to be stolen? At the printer? Over the web? In my mind, probably in the design office itself. Encrypting STL files sounds like a good idea but it doesn't need all the software infrastructure SaveYourPrint is offering. As for FabSecure, I'd be prepared to bet that their little box could be cracked inside 20 minutes by a determined hacker. It's the nature of the beast. Nowadays, boxes like that are usually based on a pretty standard hardware and software platform, be that a Raspberry Pi and Linux or something similar. The whole idea of MakeXYZ is to put people who want something printed in touch with someone local who can print it. So, why bother with cloud services and little boxes? Steer clear of the Internet completely and give it to the guy on a memory stick. If you don't trusty him, don't use him. Simples! :-D

FabSecure's idea of putting the security onto the printer itself sounds like it would be attractive to some printer makers. I'd be surprised if someone doesn't offer a "Secure printer" some time soon. BUT! It would need to have totally proprietary control hardware. No RAMPS, No Arduinos. Not even AVR's. They're hackable too, although Atmel wouldn't thank me for saying that. :-D

raykholo - I don't see how I could use this. Where in their process can I use the Slic3r configuration specific to my printer to slice the non-existent STL model?