Re: data security in "the cloud"
John Smith <[email protected]> Sat, 3 Aug 2013 09:46:09 -0500
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--047d7bdca5aac2a40a04e30c2249 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Awesome! I looked at your website and followed some of the links. If you are interested, I have a suggestion that might help this thing take off faster. I would do some research on the current state of "data security" in the cloud and then find a way to ease any concerns the customer might have about that. Be sure to include reasons why your service can protect the users data and be more than just an off-site-storage for the users data. Implementing something more than just a user-name and password combination would be a good place to start. Personally, I would feel more secure using a service like this if I was absolutely positive that I could not google for the data I had stored off-site and find it anywhere because the off-site company had left an unsecured port open to the internet... Just some ideas... Good luck with this John. On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:33 AM, John Elliot <[email protected]> wrote: > It's taken me nearly two years but I'm finally starting to make some > progress with personal servers. The new vision is for a VPS hosted in > "the cloud" rather than as hardware that the user runs from their home. > So far I have a very humble website, www.personalserver.com and a very > new Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/PersonalServer -- I'll be > sure to keep you updated when I'm pimping more than vapourware. :P > > On 2011-11-05 06:27, John Smith wrote: > > 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: > > > >> ** > >> > >> > >> 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." > >>> > >>> 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. > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > --047d7bdca5aac2a40a04e30c2249 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/htm= l4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style=3D"background-color: #fff;"> <span style=3D"display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-mlmsg" style=3D"position:relative;"> <div id=3D"ygrp-msg" style=3D"z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-text" > =20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 <p><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>Awesome! <br><br></div>=A0 I looke= d at your website and followed some of the links. If you are interested, I = have a suggestion that might help this thing take off faster. <br><br></div= >=A0 I would do some research on the current state of "data security&q= uot; in the cloud and then find a way to ease any concerns the customer mig= ht have about that. Be sure to include reasons why your service can protect= the users data and be more than just an off-site-storage for the users dat= a. Implementing something more than just a user-name and password combinati= on would be a good place to start. Personally, I would feel more secure usi= ng a service like this if I was absolutely positive that I could not google= for the data I had stored off-site and find it anywhere because the off-si= te company had left an unsecured port open to the internet... Just some ide= as... <br> <br></div>=A0 Good luck with this John. <br><br><br></div><div class=3D"gma= il_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:33 A= M, John Elliot <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target= =3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left:1px #ccc solid;">It&= #39;s taken me nearly two years but I'm finally starting to make some<b= r> progress with personal servers. The new vision is for a VPS hosted in<br> "the cloud" rather than as hardware that the user runs from their= home.<br> So far I have a very humble website, <a href=3D"http://www.personalserver.c= om" target=3D"_blank">www.personalserver.com</a> and a very<br> new Facebook page, <a href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/PersonalServer" targ= et=3D"_blank">https://www.facebook.com/PersonalServer</a> -- I'll be<br= > sure to keep you updated when I'm pimping more than vapourware. :P<br> <br> On 2011-11-05 06:27, John Smith wrote:<br> > That's a neat idea John, I assume each user could protect his/her = data on<br> > their personal server via firewalls, VPN configurations, user<br> > account, encrypted passwords etc... right? Did you ever do anything wi= th<br> > the idea? For the 1TB of storage, would that be accessable memory or<b= r> > harddrive space? I don't think we have the OS for accessing 1TB of= <br> > addressable memory yet, but that would definately be cool.<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:08 AM, John Elliot <<a href=3D"mailto:jj5= @jj5.net">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> >> **<br> >><br> >><br> >> On 31/10/2011 8:12 AM, John Smith wrote:<br> >>> "p.s. Everyone knows the point of "cloud computing&q= uot; is to make it easy<br> >>> for the CIA to get a copy of your data. Don't be silly.&qu= ot;<br> >>><br> >>> BINGO!! That is one of the reasons why there are restrictions = on the<br> >>> export of data encryption software. The government gets real n= ervous if a<br> >>> company wants to export its encryption/decryption software to = certain<br> >>> countries.<br> >><br> >> I thought they got over that and relaxed their restrictions..? I w= as<br> >> always a little disappointed about that law, I kinda expected more= of<br> >> the USA.<br> >><br> >> A few years ago I started a company with a view to creating a &quo= t;personal<br> >> server". I was going to call it the Blackbrick Homepage Serve= r, and<br> >> essentially it would be a little box about the size of your broadb= and<br> >> router with 1 TB of storage that you kept in your home. It would b= e a<br> >> web server and an email server, and would allow you to do all your= <br> >> personal information management. So your email and your address bo= ok<br> >> would be on there, you'd have a wiki (or two), a blog, a news<= br> >> aggregator, web mail, and a few reporting and management bits and<= br> >> pieces. Basically it would be a "cloud" service (i.e. al= ways available<br> >> on the network regardless of where you are), but it would be hoste= d from<br> >> your broadband connection and secured with your other valuables in= your<br> >> home. It's a great idea, and could very well be "the next= big thing". It<br> >> could obsolete facebook and gmail. Anyway, then life kinda got in = the<br> >> way, and I haven't really had the time to develop the product,= although<br> >> if I kept at it I might have something saleable in a few years. An= yway,<br> >> I hope that's what the future looks like.<br> >><br> >><br> >><br> ><br> <br> <br> ------------------------------------<br> <br> Yahoo! Groups Links<br> <br> <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:<br> =A0 =A0 <a href=3D"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/win_tech_off_topic/" targe= t=3D"_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/win_tech_off_topic/</a><br> <br> <*> Your email settings:<br> =A0 =A0 Individual Email | Traditional<br> <br> <*> To change settings online go to:<br> =A0 =A0 <a href=3D"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/win_tech_off_topic/join" t= arget=3D"_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/win_tech_off_topic/join</a><= br> =A0 =A0 (Yahoo! 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