FYI, those who want more info on S3/JungleDisk and its merits and
limitations may download a podcast and/or transcript about it at
http://www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm#123 .
-- David McFarlane
At 6/30/2008 04:32 PM Monday, Peter J Murray wrote:
>Please refer to this MSU Forums thread, as there has been some
>discussion already, but I'm asking what the community thinks about
>using Amazon's S3 storage service in conjunction with Jungledisk
>software for a cost effective, secure, encrypted storage solution
>that potentially meets university requirements in terms of data
>security without running into the issue of 'no outside cloud
>providers' of services. A few words from the 'higher ups' would be helpful.
>
>Jungledisk is a one time software purchase that is $20, that
>encrypts your files with 256bit AES encryption before sending it up
>to Amazon S3 storage service. To store about 60 gigs of data, costs
>around $10 a month with Amazon, which is very compelling.
>
>http://forums.msu.edu/showthread.php?t=83
>
>Thank you.
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