How would you protect files of a VPS (Virtual Private Server) from snooping by the service provider?

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      That only works if the decryption is happening on hardware you control. You can not trust any part of the VPS including the memory and CPU

        • lud@lemm.ee
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          2 months ago

          Yeah, at least the ones I used have some kind of console/terminal you can use and often you can access BIOS and reinstall the OS if you want.

        • Zikeji@programming.dev
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          2 months ago

          LUKS, or anything that relies on the server encrypting, is highly vulnerable (see schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business’s response).

          Your best bet would be encrypting client side before it arrives on the server using a solution like rclone, restic, borg, etc.

      • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Another option: encrypt a sparse file rather than a disk volume. Mount the file to local filesystem and open and close it there.