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

    • Possibly linux
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      54 days 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

      • fuzzy_feeling
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        44 days ago

        you can but an ssh server in your initramfs.
        dropbear-initramfs i guess was the name in debian.

        • @boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
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          4 days ago

          Pretty cool!

          Android and ChromeOS both also just use fuse for userspace (and user-files) encryption. This could totally be used too.

          But of course, if something is not on your RAM it is not safe

        • @Zikeji@programming.dev
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          54 days 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.

        • @lud@lemm.ee
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          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.