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9. That's conditionally true.

Reply to CaptainTruth (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 25, 2019, 10:13 PM

Apr 2019

While it is true that traffic can be re-routed by a compromised DNS server, for example, it is also true that some cloud services have safeguards against such things. iSCSI, for example, can use credentials on both the server and client sides of the connection, such that unless the server to which the connection is made provides the identification that is correct for that specific user connection, the client will reject the server, and vice-versa.

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Need a resource to explain 'the cloud.' [View all] LAS14 Apr 2019 OP

you can try this quickesst Apr 2019 #1

Thanks so much! One of these has got to be the ticket. nt LAS14 Apr 2019 #2

from doing a brake job on a specific car.... quickesst Apr 2019 #5

it's......someone else's computer Skittles Apr 2019 #3

Let me try to just explain it simply better Apr 2019 #4

Yeah, I got that the eseence is that the cloud is not-my-computer, but LAS14 Apr 2019 #6

Well first off... better Apr 2019 #8

Thanks. So... LAS14 Apr 2019 #10

On the logical level, at least, yes, I think that's a reasonable way to view it. better Apr 2019 #12

Super helpful. Thanks. So... LAS14 Apr 2019 #13

Well, you can create folders. Is that what you mean? (nt) better Apr 2019 #14

I was thinking more of the "location" that has all kinds of documents underneath it. LAS14 Apr 2019 #15

And, realize that anything stored on "the cloud" could end up in Russia, or China... CaptainTruth Apr 2019 #7

That's conditionally true. better Apr 2019 #9

One of the reasons I stay away from the cloud unless my kids force it on me. But... LAS14 Apr 2019 #11