[AusNOG] Australian based cloud storage

[Kai]

Hi folks,

Thank you for all the feedback, greatly appreciated.

I read an article yesterday which said that in the same way that GMail 
parses email content for AI learning and targeting ads, that Google 
cloud storage may also index content, including facial recognition, with 
any photo's, for behaviour learning and targeted ads.
That's one of the reasons I'm not keen to store data on Google cloud. 
They're on a need-to-know basis with my activities.

Does anyone know if Microsoft, AWS or other providers may allow 
themselves access to stored files?

On 25/10/20 10:25 am, Jacob Taylor wrote:
> An important question to ask is whether you require file storage or 
> object storage.
> 
> While the S3 portal provides a veneer of a filesystem-style hierarchy, 
> S3 is really a key-value object store. If you build an application on S3 
> but use filesystem-style queries ("list all files in a directory" as an 
> example), it can end up being very costly.
> 
> If you just want a place to upload big files, such as backups, VMs, 
> images, and videos, then S3 is ideal.
> 
> If you are looking for something that requires a file hierarchy, then it 
> might not be appropriate.
> 
> To reiterate what Shaun says, the data you put in an S3 bucket mastered 
> in the Sydney region (ap-southeast-2) *will not be stored elsewhere* 
> unless you explicitly want it to (via cross-region replication or other 
> sync methods).
> 
> To go into more detail on encryption options:
> 
>   * Server Side Encryption (SSE): Encryption is done in the S3 service
>     itself, you upload/download in plaintext. Comes in a few flavours,
>     but they all use the same algorithm (AES-256):
>       o SSE-S3: This is the simplest and easiest to use, basically
>         turnkey. S3 will use an AWS-managed key in KMS to encrypt your
>         files.
>       o SSE-KMS: Same as above, however it uses a custom key you manage
>         (could be generated on-prem and uploaded, as an example).
>       o SSE-C: Encrypts files with a key given to S3 by your application
>         at the time of upload, and you cannot download the file without
>         providing the same key at the time you request it.
>   * Client Side Encryption: Describes any scenario where your
>     application encrypts a file prior to uploading, and decrypts after
>     downloading.
> 
> Disclaimer: I work for AWS
> 
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 12:34 PM Shaun Ewing <shaun at shaun.net 
> <mailto:shaun at shaun.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Data uploaded to S3 will stay entirely within a region unless you
>     explicitly configure cross-region replication.____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     There’s a bunch of encryption options including Amazon S3-Managed
>     Keys and customer provided keys.____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     (Disclosure: I work for AWS)____
> 
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> 
>     *From:*AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
>     <mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>> *On Behalf Of *Giles Pollock
>     *Sent:* Sunday, 25 October 2020 12:08 PM
>     *To:* Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au <mailto:vk6ksj at westnet.com.au>>
>     *Cc:* Ausnog <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>>
>     *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Australian based cloud storage____
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> 
>     Amazon have a region, ap-southeast-2 which is Sydney based. Can't
>     comment whether stuff that goes into s3 gets replicated elsewhere, I
>     believe you can set the class so it doesn't, but you'd need to talk
>     to someone at AWS to confirm. ____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     On Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 12:02 Kai, <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au
>     <mailto:vk6ksj at westnet.com.au>> wrote:____
> 
>         Hi folks,
> 
>         Happy weekend.
>         I'm searching for Australian based cloud storage.
> 
>         Google, Microsoft and the other big names might have cache
>         server here
>         but the data is also stored overseas, I'm looking for providers who
>         either allow you to choose your cloud storage location, or only
>         have
>         hosting within Australia, and have storage which is encrypted.
> 
>         Any feedback is welcome.
> 
>         Cheers
>         Kai
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