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   -=> Rob Mccart wrote to RUG RAT <=-   
      
    RR>I dislike "The Cloud"  I have always looked in disbelief that the US   
     >Government, especially the DoD migrated more and more of their   
     >infrastructure into the cloud..   
      
    RM> Until the last couple of years I saw no great use for it but I did   
    RM> finally start using it the last couple of years. It can have it's   
    RM> uses - great for having a backup of files you may need on other   
    RM> devices and transferring those files between devices.   
      
   There are specific rules for government cloud use - Microsoft's GovCloud   
   is only housed on US servers. As a rule, you encrypt all traffic on the   
   wire and encrypt data at rest on volumes. You set up ExpressRoute,   
   essentially a dedicated line into Microsoft's data space, so your   
   traffic doesn't go across the public internet to get to Microsoft.   
      
   It's good enough for law enforcement and E911 use.   
      
   As for the DOD, I suppose nowadays it's as much a private enterprise as   
   it is government entity with contractor use. They'd need to allow   
   external access. A cloud is a great way to do so with culpable   
   deniability. It's Microsoft's Fault!   
      
      
       
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