[Gllug] Cloud computing ( was Re: Linux Petition )

[Karanbir Singh]

On 04/23/2012 09:57 PM, David Colon wrote:
>     Someone else has your data. Not that they'll be able to get at it
>     if it's suitably encrypted[1], but they can deny you access to it.
> The same caveat applies if your servers are in a data center that you do
> not own. Your physical and network access can be removed by the ISP at
> any time. You still need to maintain backups of your data in a separate
> location.

Sure, but for very different levels of 'barriers to access'. For someone
to get access to your data in a colo facility the amount of effort would
( should! ) be a lot higher than being able to access something from a
shared resource. Besides, there would be potential to monitor for
external access to your data in a colo facility, in the cloud you might
never find out how else got access to it.

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