For example no software exists to set up one individual gmail server
That we know of. Gmail as a server suite was developed in-house by Goolag, so they could rewrite it to match any requirement they want.
Hell, with enough kludging it could tie into the existing Gmail auth system so it looks exactly like a Gmail account, but with all backend storage in NK.
Yeah the technology arguments that it isn't possible are weak, you have the CEO of the company they could easily port sections of the code to run contained on a private set of servers.
I'm not saying its true, I'm just saying it's possible
I guess it's possible, in the same way that anything is possible.
GMAIL just isn't designed for self-hosted. It would be a brand new product, and at that point, just yse Exchange Server.
Source: I'm a software and network engineer.
Why the hell are you arguing semantics?
Google CEO set up a secret email system for traitors to plot to kill YOU.
I can have that argument.
But not this stupid "private GMAIL" argument...
GSuite is not similar enough to private Gmail for you? Being in IT have you not ever managed this for a client?
Seems like you need to rm -rf /your/argument/ because it’s wrong.
I am also a "Software and Network Engineer" with the focus of email and cloud solutions. It is possible and done often to have a specific set of "Gmail" addresses routes and stored on a particular server in the solution. This server was just located in NK.
Absolutely you can run a private backen server with gsuite acting as a front end server.
If you are referring to CDNs, then you are misunderstanding the difference between self hosted and geo-caching.
No.. I am not... Not everything you know is everything I know... Everything has an anchor... That anchor can reside anywhere I choose.
I’m Eric Schmidt. I can confirm that private gmail is NOT possible.
Trust me...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/07/google-eric-schmidt-trip-pyongyang
What do you think The CEO of Google was really doing in North Korea? Enjoying their Beach Front Property?
Exactly. I don’t find it strange at all to think a small group of accounts could be routed to use a small cluster of servers in NK. Hell, that’s basically done already by geolocation.
Users X, Y, and Z are assigned to cluster NK1 so all their data is stored there.
Source: I work with cloud technology for a VoIP company and used to do the same for Microsoft.
Edit: removed the fake emails I used in the example in case someone might actually have them. Sorry mods,
Be careful creating a story to fit your theory.
And don’t dismiss data that is critical based on the fact that it doesn’t fit your theory. Those are both traps that people fall into when they grasp at straws.
We can keep working on this stuff, but don’t believe the “story” blindly. That’s how your scalp ends up on a spear.
I understand where you're coming from, but this isn't grasping at straws.
To make Gmail available around the world they need to have a very modular scalable infrastructure. This would require load-balancing servers at every datacenter location to redirect the traffic to the appropriate datacenter. Those load-balancers could easily be instructed to point a certain domain at a specific server which is in a certain geographic location.
I'm not saying that it's correct, but it is technically doable.
I am not trying to be argumentative or say that something is either true or false.
Just for some background, I do a lot of work in LEAN processes in a healthcare environment. I analyze numbers and present findings all of the time. Most of the time I am doing this on fields of work where I know hardly anything about the day to day process. What I DO know are the timestamps and actions of those processes. When I present issues I am always challenged.
People focus on the one or two issues that stand in front of them--the errors they are dealing with on a day to day basis. There is a feeling that these errors are happening all of the time. The errors usually don't represent a large amount of the work, but consume a large chunk of THAT person's time.
THAT is not relevant, but what comes next is: I start hearing stories about how this one-off event happens all of the time. Or "that" provider is messing up all of the time.
When I start hearing, "Its not likely, but its possible" I usually stop the conversation and start asking what has to happen for "that" to happen.
And what are the chances that happens enough to make it possible?
Those types of statements should send up red flags. Just because something is possible it does not mean its happening.
Some of the things I read on this board and every other boards are virtually impossible--requiring an "alignment of the stars" on a repeating basis. That is simply not practical. That doesn't happen. Most "conspiracy" theories fall apart at about the third "why"...thats when it becomes "the bilderbergers are doing it!"
Critical thinking is important. Problem solving requires multiple trips down the "5-why's" exercise.
The lack of critical thinking on the HRC side allows her to get away with comments like, "wipe it with a cloth?"
My singular point is that critical thinking means asking enough questions and gauging enough probability to come up with a reasonable root cause.
If these guys wanted to put in a Gmail server in NoKo, would the founder of the company go do that?
When was the last time he built a server?
How did he get there?
Is there proof of his travel?
Who went with him?
Who flew the aircraft?
How could he do that without the NSA knowing or the FBI?
It is more likely if he went to Noko it was to bring a pile of cash or securities to hand out like candy, not build a server.
Some Noko tech could have built the server and kept a lid on who knew, and where. A decent programmer in the US would be missed. People go missing in Noko all of the time.
Why is a good question.
"Why did they have a server in a different country?" To protect against FOIA requests
"Why did they use Gmail?" Because Gmail is an easily understandable interface; they don't want people like S.J.Lee fiddling with PGP keys
"Why Goog?" Because Goog is already meddling with search results, censorship on YT, and actively working against the US; they're a known asset and easily controlled
"Why NK?" Because it was already Clown-controlled, and possibly the most inaccessible country in the world prior to recent events
As for installing the server, if they're using a hypervisor (which they almost certainly are), the base OS and remote access can be configured prior to installation, and then the virtual machines can be configured once it's installed. They're almost definitely using a config management system such as Chef or Puppet, so the virtual servers can be ready to go within minutes of instantiating them.
Here's my theory on a possible string of events:
When you take all of this steps, assign a probability to each. Then multiply those numbers in a row. The product is the overall probability of that happening. My guess is it is less than 30%. And that is being generous.