Dedicated server security: 2 part question
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:47 am
Self-managed dedicated server security:
1) How secure are they in regards to anyone gaining access to the file system? Assume I have some sensitive files which *must* be kept that way. Would the server tech/admin's be able to get file contents? Not likely going to happen (I realize that) but could it? Once I install and setup as super admin thats it right? No one else could login except accounts I've created?
I'm thinking physically removing the hard drive and opening it with some low level tool could reveal the same files - again not likely but again it's possible?
2) What measures could I take in order to ensure this couldn't happen - even less likely
Is there an encrypted file system which would prevent such sneaky behavior? I cannot encrypt the files directly.
Edit: To sort of answer my second question - http://www.linux.com/howtos/Cryptoloop- ... stem.shtml
Cheers
1) How secure are they in regards to anyone gaining access to the file system? Assume I have some sensitive files which *must* be kept that way. Would the server tech/admin's be able to get file contents? Not likely going to happen (I realize that) but could it? Once I install and setup as super admin thats it right? No one else could login except accounts I've created?
I'm thinking physically removing the hard drive and opening it with some low level tool could reveal the same files - again not likely but again it's possible?
2) What measures could I take in order to ensure this couldn't happen - even less likely
Is there an encrypted file system which would prevent such sneaky behavior? I cannot encrypt the files directly.
Edit: To sort of answer my second question - http://www.linux.com/howtos/Cryptoloop- ... stem.shtml
Cheers