[AusNOG] Meta Data Encryption

James Hodgkinson yaleman at ricetek.net
Fri Mar 27 16:26:27 EST 2015


To make it simpler (as you should understand already) - if someone can
touch or control the hardware, they've got your data.

James

On 27 March 2015 at 15:22, Peter Adkins <peter.adkins at kernelpicnic.net>
wrote:

> Slightly OT here, but just keep this in mind for implementation if you go
> down this route. There are also a number of other attacks of a similar
> nature, that are quite well documented, floating around the Internet.
>
> http://blackkettle.org/blog/2015/02/19/youve-got-to-trust-your-vm-host/
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Matt Palmer <mpalmer at hezmatt.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 11:00:30AM +1000, David Beveridge wrote:
>> > On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Justin Clacherty <
>> justin at redfish.com.au>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >  On 27/03/2015 10:32 AM, David Beveridge wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Does anyone know if the amendment to require encryption of Meta-data
>> got
>> > > up in the end?
>> > > It is only required for offshore backups or what?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > It did. It's required for all data, not just backups offshore or
>> otherwise.
>> > >
>> > > From the Bill:
>> > >
>> > > 187BA Ensuring the confidentiality of information
>> > > A service provider must protect the confidentiality of information
>> > > that, or information in a document that, the service provider must
>> > > keep, or cause to be kept, under section 187A by:
>> > > (a) encrypting the information; and
>> > > (b) protecting the information from unauthorised interference or
>> > >       unauthorised access.
>> > >
>> > >  I don't understand how this is practical.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know how to have an SQL database encrypt radius logs.
>> > or have sendmail/postfix write logs in encrypted format?
>>
>> LUKS.
>>
>> - Matt
>>
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> Peter Adkins
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