Survey of cloud server geolocating techniques

Every cloud data center has a geographical location, which is known to, at least, its owner. Still, it is a challenge for a cloud customer to discover indisputably the location of the data center, which hosts an active cloud based service and its data. Knowing the location is necessary to assess tha...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leo Hippelainen, Ian Oliver, Shankar Lal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: FRUCT 2016-11-01
Series:Proceedings of the XXth Conference of Open Innovations Association FRUCT
Subjects:
Online Access:https://fruct.org/publications/fruct19/files/Hip.pdf
id doaj-577289d6296f4e9db49971e1fc0552a6
record_format Article
spelling doaj-577289d6296f4e9db49971e1fc0552a62020-11-24T23:31:31ZengFRUCTProceedings of the XXth Conference of Open Innovations Association FRUCT2305-72542343-07372016-11-0142019546510.23919/FRUCT.2016.7892183Survey of cloud server geolocating techniquesLeo Hippelainen0Ian Oliver1Shankar Lal2Aalto University, Espoo, FinlandAalto University, Espoo, FinlandAalto University, Espoo, FinlandEvery cloud data center has a geographical location, which is known to, at least, its owner. Still, it is a challenge for a cloud customer to discover indisputably the location of the data center, which hosts an active cloud based service and its data. Knowing the location is necessary to assess that pertinent geographical obligations of service level agreements and legal requirements are fulfilled. For example, several countries have legislation that denies processing private data of its citizens in countries that do not have compliant legislation. This paper presents existing technologies that can be used to resolve and assess the geographical location of a cloud servers.https://fruct.org/publications/fruct19/files/Hip.pdf Trusted Cloud GeolocationData SovereigntyPrivacyConfidentialityData Integrity
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Leo Hippelainen
Ian Oliver
Shankar Lal
spellingShingle Leo Hippelainen
Ian Oliver
Shankar Lal
Survey of cloud server geolocating techniques
Proceedings of the XXth Conference of Open Innovations Association FRUCT
Trusted Cloud Geolocation
Data Sovereignty
Privacy
Confidentiality
Data Integrity
author_facet Leo Hippelainen
Ian Oliver
Shankar Lal
author_sort Leo Hippelainen
title Survey of cloud server geolocating techniques
title_short Survey of cloud server geolocating techniques
title_full Survey of cloud server geolocating techniques
title_fullStr Survey of cloud server geolocating techniques
title_full_unstemmed Survey of cloud server geolocating techniques
title_sort survey of cloud server geolocating techniques
publisher FRUCT
series Proceedings of the XXth Conference of Open Innovations Association FRUCT
issn 2305-7254
2343-0737
publishDate 2016-11-01
description Every cloud data center has a geographical location, which is known to, at least, its owner. Still, it is a challenge for a cloud customer to discover indisputably the location of the data center, which hosts an active cloud based service and its data. Knowing the location is necessary to assess that pertinent geographical obligations of service level agreements and legal requirements are fulfilled. For example, several countries have legislation that denies processing private data of its citizens in countries that do not have compliant legislation. This paper presents existing technologies that can be used to resolve and assess the geographical location of a cloud servers.
topic Trusted Cloud Geolocation
Data Sovereignty
Privacy
Confidentiality
Data Integrity
url https://fruct.org/publications/fruct19/files/Hip.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT leohippelainen surveyofcloudservergeolocatingtechniques
AT ianoliver surveyofcloudservergeolocatingtechniques
AT shankarlal surveyofcloudservergeolocatingtechniques
_version_ 1725537590337077248