[148749] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Megaupload.com seized
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Bonser)
Sat Jan 21 14:39:18 2012
From: George Bonser <gbonser@seven.com>
To: Lyle Giese <lyle@lcrcomputer.net>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:38:23 +0000
In-Reply-To: <4F1B0DF1.7030809@lcrcomputer.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> Not that I would not be a bit miffed if personal files disappeared, but
> that's one of the risks associated with using a cloud service for file
> storage. It could have been a fire, a virus erasing file, bankruptcy,
> malicious insider damage... Doesn't matter, you lost access to legit
> content in the crossfire.
>=20
> There is always a risk of losing access to cloud resources. And for
> years, we always joked in my computer buddy circles, computers know
> when you don't have a backup.
>=20
> It's your fault(not theirs) if that was your only copy.
>=20
> Lyle Giese
> LCR Computer Services, Inc.
Entire governments in the US are using "cloud storage" for their documentat=
ion these days. It is my understanding (which is hearsay) that Google has =
an entire service aimed at small governments (county and municipal mostly) =
in Google Docs for just this purpose and I know of at least one city on Cal=
ifornia that is using Google for their document repository and their city e=
mail. In case of an emergency where Google is unreachable, they are in a w=
orld of hurt and won't even be able to send email from one department to an=
other in city hall because all their mail and documents are now "in the clo=
ud" which would then be inaccessible to them rather than on a server in the=
ir local data center. So ... and Earthquake in Santa Clara county might ta=
ke out city governments in Monterey or Santa Cruz counties which might othe=
rwise be perfectly able to conduct their business.
Point is, MANY people are using "the cloud" as their primary storage becaus=
e it is marketed as being safe and secure (backed up and with better access=
security than they could manage themselves).
