[PLUG] looking for secure space for a mail server

[Louis Kowolowski]

On Jun 18, 2018, at 3:49 PM, Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have heard that security versus physical HW in colo argument so many
> times.
> 
> In my opinion, a padlock is way less secure than well implemented crypto.
> 
Depends on your threat vector :-)

Also, "well implemented crypto" seems to be a struggle in itself.

> The only security benefit I see from physical HW would be hosting it on
> premises - if your threat vector is suponea. Both VM or HW in colo can be
> legally accessed without your knowledge, which shouldn't be possible when
> hosting on premises.
> 
Maybe. A company needs to be HIPAA compliant might choose to run their own hardware rather than risk being on a public cloud when they know there are CPU bugs that can easily break their HIPAA compliance. In this case, the threat isn't the government.


> Cost or special snowflake HW would be another consideration. If one gets to
> rent 15U for $300 a month and if you can fully utilize that volume - you
> could save considerable $$ in certain load scenarios.
> 
Particularly in the heating/cooling arena. That could easily run $100-150  for a server that would fit in 15u. Additionally what ever bandwidth/IP allocation you get. Add to that the possibility of having many hosts on a single piece of (relatively) cheap hardware, it can be a compelling option.


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