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New to-do list for setting up data centers: - Raised Floors - Sufficient Power - Sufficient Cooling - Defensive Perimeters - Tripwires and Claymores

by froo 18y ago

New to-do list for setting up data centers: - Raised Floors - Sufficient Power - Sufficient Cooling - Defensive Perimeters - Tripwires and Claymores - Attack Dogs

donw 18y ago
Do you actually think your datacenter employees are going to (illegally, mind you) risk life, limb, and imprisonment to fight the FBI in enforcing a warrant, granted in a court of law by a judge? There are datacenters that have bullet-resistant riot glass, guards armed with submachine guns, guard dogs, and so on, but they would hand your servers over to law enforcement in an instant, as long as they had the appropriate paperwork. If you're truly concerned about the data, encrypt it. You can still be compelled to reveal the key by a court ruling, but that's more work than a warrant, and something your personal lawyer can fight, or at least stall, much more easily. For downtime, have multiple datacenters, and spread them across national boundaries. It's not that hard to get a few boxes in Canada or Ireland, or Sweden, and it's a much bigger pain in the ass for the police to coordinate internationally to shut you down. Taiwan is probably a better bet, as they have no treaties regarding this sort of thing with the US (to my knowledge).
- froo 18y ago
  I see that sarcasm is lost on some people... I was also going to suggest a moat, drawbridge and surface to air missiles, but that was perhaps being too obvious.
- kragen 18y ago
  I don't think Taiwan has diplomatic relations with the US, and so I doubt they have treaties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China-United_States_relations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China-United_States... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Republic_of_China#Diplomatic_representation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Republ...
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by froo 18y ago

New to-do list for setting up data centers: - Raised Floors - Sufficient Power - Sufficient Cooling - Defensive Perimeters - Tripwires and Claymores - Attack Dogs

donw 18y ago

Do you actually think your datacenter employees are going to (illegally, mind you) risk life, limb, and imprisonment to fight the FBI in enforcing a warrant, granted in a court of law by a judge? There are datacenters that have bullet-resistant riot glass, guards armed with submachine guns, guard dogs, and so on, but they would hand your servers over to law enforcement in an instant, as long as they had the appropriate paperwork. If you're truly concerned about the data, encrypt it. You can still be compelled to reveal the key by a court ruling, but that's more work than a warrant, and something your personal lawyer can fight, or at least stall, much more easily. For downtime, have multiple datacenters, and spread them across national boundaries. It's not that hard to get a few boxes in Canada or Ireland, or Sweden, and it's a much bigger pain in the ass for the police to coordinate internationally to shut you down. Taiwan is probably a better bet, as they have no treaties regarding this sort of thing with the US (to my knowledge).

froo 18y ago
I see that sarcasm is lost on some people... I was also going to suggest a moat, drawbridge and surface to air missiles, but that was perhaps being too obvious.
kragen 18y ago
I don't think Taiwan has diplomatic relations with the US, and so I doubt they have treaties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China-United_States_relations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China-United_States... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Republic_of_China#Diplomatic_representation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Republ...

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