I have a client who needs to put some extremely sensitive (private) documents in a members-only section of the site. He is highly concerned about a third party hosting solution, and I'm not sure what to advise him. What would be the best way to host a site with sensitive information like this? My first thought is that if documents are properly encrypted it shouldn't be a problem. My second thought is that if it's really that important for this information to be private it shouldn't be on the website in the first place.
Any thoughts? I don't really know what to tell my client.
Megan
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Abhishek Reddy posted this at 16:30 — 22nd September 2002.
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I'm leaning towards your 'why-is-it-on-the-net' reasoning. Ask him about alternative means of communication.
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zollet posted this at 16:51 — 22nd September 2002.
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Megan, you are thinking correctly. If the documents are very sensitive, he should encrypt them and probably get his own private server so that no other users are allowed there.
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Jaiem posted this at 02:00 — 24th September 2002.
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That's what PGP is for.