Being in infosec for so long takes its toll. I've come to the conclusion that if you give a data point to a company, they will eventually sell it, leak it, lose it or get hacked and relieved of it. There really don't seem to be any exceptions, and it gets depressing.
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My mail server loads from 27 floppy disks, and is air gapped from the outside world. It can’t send or receive, but it’s like... so secure.
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And don't forget, if you setup your own personal mailserver, you don't get the 24/7 monitoring & incident response apparatus a business like Google has. What if someone drops a 0day at 3am?
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What's the risk ratio of someone attempting to hack your private email server vs. attempting to hack Google's server?
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1/ Are you suggesting Google is a juicy target? Whereas, no single private email server among many is likely to attract attention? We've learned a lot about routers, IoT, and various distributed services : (1) solid support is crucial to keep anything & everything secure,
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2/ (2) organization capabilities vary widely and some are rubbish, (3) automatic updates are more reliable than humans, (4) software supply chain attacks are a growing threat to automatic updates,
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3/ (5) Shodan et al can query every class of services -- meaning every instance is known in a database Your risk ratio is never better than 1:1 in terms of hacking attempts, or worse if your server is perceived as a soft target. Running a production server outside of a data
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I'm asking the exact question it appears I am asking: What is the ratio of attacks on a private server as compared to Google's servers?
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How is that meaningful? That's like ratio of fuel consumption on my car vs every car in Los Angeles, and declaring my car uses less fuel.
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My question does not include a declaration or conclusion. It's just a question. When I have a conclusion, I am not cagey about it.
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Anyone duped by "30 mins" and "extremely easy" won't know how. I want to migrate away from Google, the benevolent dictator, but does anyone have comparable security? iCloud? (different threat model)
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