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Using Porticor with Amazon VPC
January 10, 2012 By
Porticor VPD now fully supports Amazon’s VPC technology. Your Porticor appliance will be deployed alongside your application servers, and will provide your VPC applications with full data layer security, protecting disk volumes, databases and object (S3) storage. When using the Quick Launch wizard to deploy a Porticor appliance, you just need to specify the subnet where your [...]
Accessing Your Amazon VPC with a Software VPN
December 27, 2011 By
Amazon’s VPC is a great way to set up your own segregated network in the cloud. But accessing it remotely can be a pain. What may be an OK solution if you have a production environment, a dedicated networking team and budget for a hardware VPN box, is a bit of an overkill if you [...]
Porticor VPD and Its Network Behavior
December 8, 2011 By
The Porticor virtual appliance is deployed in the customer’s cloud account. This document provides details of the appliance’s behavior, to assist in network planning, with the emphasis on network security. Incoming Connectivity The appliance requires no incoming network connectivity for its normal operation. You may wish to enable remote access into the appliance, to allow [...]
Creating an encrypted disk – A step by step guide
October 9, 2011 By
After completing the wizard process, and signing in to your Porticor Virtual Appliance console, you’ll get to the “Master Key” page. This page will appear one time only per project. The Master Key guarantees that only you control your data. It is important you copy and save this key in a safe place. Please note: [...]
Porticor S3: A Step by Step Guide
September 6, 2011 By
Using Porticor to encrypt your S3 storage is easy, once you get the hang of it. The first time though, I recommend that you go through these steps one by one, without cutting any corners. Step 1: Creating Your Porticor Project This step is similar, regardless of how you use the Porticor VPD. This is [...]
Your Porticor Appliance and the AWS Firewall
June 24, 2011 By
Each virtual server in the Amazon Cloud comes with a simple, built-in firewall. The firewall is configured using something called “security groups”. Unfortunately, these security groups are the single biggest source of trouble for new users. Before we continue, here is the most important point about security groups: you need to plan in advance. You cannot [...]