Or just people who find your disks at the second-hand shop. http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/military/tricare-beneficiaries'-data-stolen
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Tim Broberg <tim.brob...@exar.com> wrote: > I guess the first question is the threat model: What kind of bad guy are > you trying to keep out? Is Ukrainian hackers? Local users, but the servers > are locked up? Is it somebody who has physical access to the machines? Does > the information have to be secure forever or just for a while? > > Once you know what you're trying to protect from, you can start thinking > about how to protect yourself. > > - Tim. > ------------------------------ > *From:* Koert Kuipers [ko...@tresata.com] > *Sent:* Friday, January 20, 2012 1:09 PM > *To:* hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org > *Subject:* encryption > > Does anyone know of any work/ideas to encrypt data stored on hdfs? > Ideally both temporary files and final files would be encrypted. Or there > would have to be a mechanism in hdfs to securely wipe temporary files, like > shred in linux. > > So far this is what i found: > https://github.com/geisbruch/HadoopCryptoCompressor > > Best, > Koert > > ------------------------------ > The information and any attached documents contained in this message > may be confidential and/or legally privileged. The message is > intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, or > reproduction is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are > not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by > return e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. >
