On 3/14/21 7:37 AM, hvjunk wrote: > Now the the USoA has lately been making my clients real jittery and thus > they are asking about non-USoA base options, prefering to host locally in ZA > ‘cause of the POPI Act requirements (Which then makes is a AWS/Azure type > oferring ;( ) but “allowing” GDPR equivalent countries as last resort. > > So, though I raised this question years ago, (Like circa 2016) it’s becoming > a bigger pain point today for me, and I’m also refering to > https://www.tarsnap.com/faq.html#non-US-Tarsnap > > Note, that referring to https://www.tarsnap.com/faq.html#non-US-Tarsnap , > I’m NOT challenging the crypto nor tarsnap’s end-to-end security, but them > clients are NOT liking the idea/words that looks tastes nor smells like USoA, > as they immediately thinks NSA/Patriot Act etc. etc. ie. it’s an emotional > not a technical issue, especially when they ask questions like: “What if the > USoA blocks all internet connection to our countries?”
The short answer here is "Tarsnap is a technical solution to a technical problem". Political problems are out of scope. (And in many countries, "local government decides to outlaw crypto" is a much bigger danger than "USA decides to partition the internet".) > So the questions then: > > 1) Possiblilities of Tarsnap.com setting up EU (and other “specific region”) > nodes/options? (Yes, I expect it to be more expensive given the higher > expenses related to the EU & ZA regions as a starting point) and referring to > https://www.tarsnap.com/faq.html#non-US-Tarsnap - what is holding back ETAs? A lot of redesigning of the backend service. > 2) If (1) is a no-no: Would you be willing to assist (at fee/etc.) to setup a > similar service for the EU/etc. > > 3) What about running on other S3 “compatible” block storage environments? > ie. a on-premise solution(s) It is possible to set up a "private Tarsnap". Possible, but expensive. If you're interested in this, contact me offlist -- ideally with an estimate of the amount of data you need to store. -- Colin Percival Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
