Shane Ginnane wrote, re use of Amazon EC2 to deliver mission critical systems: >I don't have an issue with anyone using FOSS. Software that is - trusting >confidential user/client data to companies subject to the draconian USA data >seizure laws is lunacy. Even European hosting doesn't secure the backups on >the US mainland. >And yes I'm aware the the UK (and Aussie) governments are no better and >certainly in cahoots with respect to things like Prism and XKeyscore.
>Unfortunately Scott McNealy was right all along - just took the rest of a >while to catch on. Indeed. The issue with EC2 and the like isn't capability or reliability, it's security. Protecting the data yourself outside the cloud-never letting unprotected data into their network-is the only real assurance you can have. ...phsiii ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
