Secure communications?

[Sean88gt]

What is the most secure form of communication (outside of face to face)? Are there any technologies that provide true security?

[stang2be]

layers. you can encrypt the data in transit as well as the actual data. might need to give more details on what your trying to accomplish

[Tx Redneck]

Connect over vpn maybe?

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.

[Sean88gt]

layers. you can encrypt the data in transit as well as the actual data. might need to give more details on what your trying to accomplish

I'm trying to find more info

A contact asked me if there is any form of truly secure communication. He asked if sending faxes overseas is traceable. He's also inquired about a private cloud. Being vague as to what he's doing, but I know he purchased a business overseas. Plus he has a fair degree of paranoia.

[Sean88gt]

Connect over vpn maybe?

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.

Would something like a vyprVPN work?

[ceyko]

I'm trying to find more info

A contact asked me if there is any form of truly secure communication. He asked if sending faxes overseas is traceable. He's also inquired about a private cloud. Being vague as to what he's doing, but I know he purchased a business overseas. Plus he has a fair degree of paranoia.

Faxes, if intercepted can easily be viewed - we do it all the time in troubleshoot e-fax issues...etc...etc

Honestly, without details it's going to be impossible to provide reasonable solutions.

[stang2be]

Faxes, if intercepted can easily be viewed - we do it all the time in troubleshoot e-fax issues...etc...etc

Honestly, without details it's going to be impossible to provide reasonable solutions.

Not to mention to know if we are assisting in any illegal activities

[Sean88gt]

Not to mention to know if we are assisting in any illegal activities

Doubtful. He is more concerned with theft of intellectual property/industrial espionage.

[roliath]

depends on how much money he wants to throw at this.

[Sean88gt]

depends on how much money he wants to throw at this.

What kind of levels of cash are we talking about here?

[ceyko]

What kind of levels of cash are we talking about here?

Details, need them.

It's not different than if I asked...

Will my gun shoot 1" groups at 300 yards?

(With no details of the gun, ammo, conditions....etc)

We do not know what he is trying to do, what he already has that can be leveraged, and no idea of any of his infrastructure.

My initial thought would be like any other company does and do a private connection between the two. A L2L tunnel could work too.

Just impossible to answer ANYTHING without details. Anything is speculation at this point.

[roliath]

What kind of levels of cash are we talking about here?

I'm no expert by any means, but security is a billion dollar industry. It really depends on how secure he wants whatever he wants to do and on what level.
Without know what his goal is, the answer can be from a few hundo with pgp email (there are other alternatives) to hosting his own private cloud. If you want security you don't use someone's cloud. Especially not Amazon's.
Its all about how much control he wants to have.

[Sean88gt]

I'll see what I can find out.

[roliath]

I'll see what I can find out.

different people have different understandings of security. in his eyes, what does secure mean to him.

[stang2be]

also any classification/sensitivity or value of the data. what's the cost/impact if its lost, stolen, or otherwise accessed by a 3rd party?