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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.