Encrypting Open Dental on the cloud

[Justin Shafer]

Lets say I have rented a virtual server at RackSpace....

What would be a good solution to encrypt the data at Rack Space?

Thoughts?

http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/
Create a bitlocker VHD?

[KevinRossen]

Lets say I have rented a virtual server at RackSpace....

What would be a good solution to encrypt the data at Rack Space?

Thoughts?

http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/
Create a bitlocker VHD?

If it's Windows, can you use BitLocker?

[Justin Shafer]

Only on the server version or Windows Ultimate. I have never hosted a virtual server on the cloud. Not sure it is an option...

Probably though? Just wondering what is recommended...

[KevinRossen]

Only on the server version or Windows Ultimate. I have never hosted a virtual server on the cloud. Not sure it is an option...

Probably though? Just wondering what is recommended...

I'm not sure what option Rackspace has, but if you can use Bitlocker you might go that way. I know with Amazon they offer a couple options for encryption, so I imagine Rackspace is the same.

[Justin Shafer]

Rackspace wanted $800.00 per month for HIPAA.

Decided not to do that... just for mobile-dentistry.

[KevinRossen]

Check out Google Cloud Engine. They offer a BAA and they don't require, from what I can tell, high-end servers. So you might be able to get up and running rather affordably.

[Justin Shafer]

Yeah I called into OD to see what they recommended and just mentioned rack space though I forgot about my own blog post...
http://justinshafer.blogspot.com/2014/0 ... xvweb.html

I just figured they didn't have it ready yet....

Some guy named Nathan Sparks called me , and I keep wanting to call him back. I have been meaning too.... Anyways....

[Arna]

^^ Ha!
I can set up a time for the both of you, if you like.

[Justin Shafer]

Should have called and asked for Arna!

[irfan]

a local guy here setup my database on Amazon RDS... he had to tweak the code to get OD to work with MySQL 5.6 ... it runs now and Amazon signed a BAA.... but overall its quite slow and laggy. I cant imagine the data is that much that its an internet connection issue, right?

[Justin Shafer]

How much bandwidth does your office have?

How much you paying?

[irfan]

at that office its a 10/1Mbps connection. Im not sure how much bandwith i really need. Cost is maybe $100/mo

[nathansparks]

Latency and speed are both possible issues. Latency can be caused by speed issues (ie you have 1000 packets lined up to traverse your gateway and time elapses while they take turns) or can exist simply due to the nature of your connection. In Open Dental you can use the Tools>Misc Tools>Test Latency. Using our middle tier on your cloud server is a helpful next step, we can help you set it up or follow instructions here http://opendental.com/manual/middletier.html
Well, with a 10Mbps down and 1Mbps connection, there can also be issues if you are using the connection for say, surfing the web. I would use Middle Tier with https and give preference at my router to the packets on TCP port 443.
If you call for support I can have our IT team see what you have set up or show you our test middle tier. We have several customers using middle tier over the internet. An advantage is that you do not even have to be on a particular network, you have anywhere access.
Back to the thread topic, I would just use regular EFS encryption http://www.opendental.com/manual/encryptionefs.html
You only have one user that needs access (the MySQL service should use that account) and your Middle Tier can run on that account or another. Any number of clients can connect without knowing anything about the Windows user, that is one of the points of having a service (MySQL). Using https Middle Tier over IIS allows you to expose the HTTPS port without exposing the MySQL port.