[clug] Cut a file in place.

Andrew Janke a.janke at gmail.com
Wed Sep 18 06:15:09 UTC 2019


Ack! beaten to my own punch. :)

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On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 16:13, Steve McInerney via linux
<linux at lists.samba.org> wrote:
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> On 2019-09-18 15:43, Tony Lewis via linux wrote:
> > On 18/9/19 2:59 pm, Andrew Janke via linux wrote:
> >>
> >> To a web browser based upload interface, their web interface. Only one
> >> option. The data is PII, I'm not putting it anywhere else, even if
> >> encrypted.
> >
> > Interesting.  Do you not think robust crypto is trustworthy enough for
> > personally identifiable information on a third party server?
> >
> > Not a dig, I'm genuinely curious.  You'll no doubt be using crypt when
> > transferring the file; would it be less trustworthy if you put that
> > data on a third party server with similar strength encryption.
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> For what length of time?
> 5 years? 20? 50?
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> It's one thing to protect information in transit where the risk of
> interception is low for most actors. Ditto on a controlled access
> service.
> It's quite something else to have it in the public record... forever.
>
> my 2c, Andrew's choice here is a wise one.
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> Cheers!
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