RE: [cobalt-users] RaQ3 and secure data storage

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I have a customer who needs "Off Site" backups and wants to do secure
> backups to my server.
> Is there a way to secure a part of a web site that a customer can
> FTP their
> backups to?
> This data would be financial data for their customers, so
> security is a BIG
> thing.
> I think I can set up SSL and use htaccess, but how secure would
> it be and is
> there a better way, OR should I tell the customer to find another way.
>

I wouldn't want the liability of doing that on a shared server. But, you
could set up SFTP using SSH. I would hope that the data he is uploading is
also encrypted with PGP or some other tool. If security is a BIG thing,
IMHO, he should have a dedicated server.
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Dan Kriwitsky