Re: data security in "the cloud"

That's a neat idea John, I assume each user could protect his/her data on
their personal server via firewalls, VPN configurations, user
account, encrypted passwords etc... right? Did you ever do anything with
the idea? For the 1TB of storage, would that be accessable memory or
harddrive space? I don't think we have the OS for accessing 1TB of
addressable memory yet, but that would definately be cool.



On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:08 AM, John Elliot <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On 31/10/2011 8:12 AM, John Smith wrote:
> > "p.s. Everyone knows the point of "cloud computing" is to make it easy
> > for the CIA to get a copy of your data. Don't be silly."
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> > BINGO!! That is one of the reasons why there are restrictions on the
> > export of data encryption software. The government gets real nervous if a
> > company wants to export its encryption/decryption software to certain
> > countries.
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> I thought they got over that and relaxed their restrictions..? I was
> always a little disappointed about that law, I kinda expected more of
> the USA.
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> A few years ago I started a company with a view to creating a "personal
> server". I was going to call it the Blackbrick Homepage Server, and
> essentially it would be a little box about the size of your broadband
> router with 1 TB of storage that you kept in your home. It would be a
> web server and an email server, and would allow you to do all your
> personal information management. So your email and your address book
> would be on there, you'd have a wiki (or two), a blog, a news
> aggregator, web mail, and a few reporting and management bits and
> pieces. Basically it would be a "cloud" service (i.e. always available
> on the network regardless of where you are), but it would be hosted from
> your broadband connection and secured with your other valuables in your
> home. It's a great idea, and could very well be "the next big thing". It
> could obsolete facebook and gmail. Anyway, then life kinda got in the
> way, and I haven't really had the time to develop the product, although
> if I kept at it I might have something saleable in a few years. Anyway,
> I hope that's what the future looks like.
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