In the end, if bad habits prevail, then the keys on the flash drive will be left plugged in to the computer, and it falls back onto figuring out the password that encrypts the key file.
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 08:45 +1000, Tim Churches wrote: > Peter Machell wrote: > > On 27/03/2007, at 9:19 PM, David Guest wrote: > > > >> Mario > >> > >> I really like the idea of Google looking after my backups. GFS may be > >> the optimal file system for reliability of data access. > > > > Provided it is encrypted - do you do this Mario and to what extent? Also > > worth noting that the sort of redundancy Google has is within reach > > locally. > > Google Mail (Gmail) limits message attachments on any one message to > 10MB, which means any back-up larger than that will need to be split > into multiple attachments to multiple messages - it all gets a bit messy > and tenuous. A much better idea is to use Amazon S3, which was designed > and is marketed just for this purpose, and the costs are very low indeed > - see my previous posts on this, starting at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02033.html > > As David More pointed out, my speed tests were hampered by the upload > speed cap on by Optus Cable connection, of which I was unaware at the > time of writing - I still think that Amazon S3 is perfect for off-site > encrypted back-ups of even very large GP clinical databases. But the > encryption needs to be strong, and the encryption keys very secure indeed. > > Tim C > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
