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NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE  February 2012, Week 2

NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE February 2012, Week 2

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Re: storage topic 1: encryption

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John Spencer <[log in to unmask]>

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The NDSA infrastructure working group list <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:06:16 -0600

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agreed

John

On Feb 13, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Karen Cariani wrote:

> Why don't we continue to put comments on the e-mail thread and then at the
> end of the 2 weeks, post the collection of threads on the wiki with some
> conceptual organization.  The wiki often seems to be a barrier to free
> conversation......but great for capturing overall work.
> 
> Karen
> 
> 
> On 2/13/12 1:09 PM, "Cory Snavely" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> I mention this only because in the past, the group has had useful
>> conversations that were not captured in writing, but in retrospect has
>> wished that they were. My suggestion was conditional - "if there is a
>> desire to capture and do something with it later".
>> 
>> I'd defer to the folks that initiated the discussion on the potential
>> value of capturing it in a form other than an email thread.
>> 
>> On 02/13/2012 12:57 PM, John Spencer wrote:
>>> I'll be happy to - was that the decision?
>>> 
>>> If so, apologies for filling up everyone's inbox and I'll move my
>>> responses over there.
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> On Feb 13, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Cory Snavely wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Might folks want to consider putting their responses in the wiki, if
>>>> there is a desire to capture and do something with it later?
>>>> 
>>>> On 02/13/2012 12:46 PM, John Spencer wrote:
>>>>> Andrea,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'll have a go at it - not going to get too far "in the weeds", but
>>>>> maybe this will be of some help. Please see my inserts below in your
>>>>> message.
>>>>> 
>>>>> John
>>>>> 
>>>>> John Spencer
>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>> www.bmschace.com
>>>>> office 615.385.1251/ fax 615.385.0153
>>>>> mobile 615.714.1199
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 13, 2012, at 11:17 AM, Goethals, Andrea wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I hope you all don't mind my starting this series off. I think this
>>>>>> would work best if we pass the virtual baton around to a different
>>>>>> person after each topic. We can queue up a list of topics on the wiki
>>>>>> so people know what's coming next.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The first topic is encryption in preservation storage. I am thinking
>>>>>> about hardware or software or file encryption primarily imposed by
>>>>>> the repository (but whether or not you accept content encrypted by
>>>>>> others is also interesting). I am thinking less about encrypting for
>>>>>> transport (e.g. https). Say what you want about it but I'll pose some
>>>>>> questions to get you thinking about it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> *         Do you have any opinions on it? What are your reasons for
>>>>>> your opinions (gut feelings are OK)?
>>>>> The majority of the preservation data we deliver to our clients is
>>>>> stored on LTO data tapes - without encryption. We do use WORM
>>>>> capability if the client is OK with it. Our reasons are mainly based
>>>>> on the the assumption that we do not have any control over who can
>>>>> access the tape, now or in the future, and staffing changes might
>>>>> stifle the client's ability to recover the preservation files ("now
>>>>> where did the last person put the list of encryption keys?")
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> *         What kinds of problems do you think it might create in the
>>>>>> future?
>>>>> See above. We're most concerned that staffing issues combined with
>>>>> object-based vault management infrastructures in place could lead to
>>>>> problems. Certainly not saying that is the best rationale, but it is
>>>>> based on current reality.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> *         Do you have any current requirements to do this (laws,
>>>>>> policies)? What are the conditions under which you need to encrypt?
>>>>>> Do you know of any upcoming requirements for you to do this?
>>>>> no
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> *         If you do it what technique(s)/strategies do you use? Do
>>>>>> you isolate encrypted content from non-encrypted content?
>>>>> no answer
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> *         Do you know of any relevant studies/papers, etc. about
>>>>>> this topic?
>>>>> no answer
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Someone proposed that we keep each topic discussion to around 2
>>>>>> weeks so let's see if we've said what we want to by March 2. We can
>>>>>> always extend this one since there was no advance notice of the topic.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Andrea
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Andrea Goethals
>>>>>> Digital Preservation and Repository Services Manager
>>>>>> Harvard Library Office for Information Systems
>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>> (617) 495-3724
>>>>>> 
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