It would be helpful if you could tell me where you got the impression that I was encouraging use on cloud-storage services. Was it in the README? the code? a post I made on my blog? I ask because I'd like to correct that doc/post/etc. so that others don't get the same impression.
P.S. Blackbox was written to safely store the occasional secret file (SSL certs, mostly) in a Puppet repo stored on an in-company source code server.
Even though I personally knew everyone with access to the repo, root access to the repo server, or access to where the backup tapes are stored... it became essential to encrypt those secrets. Honest, I don't trust the people who handle our backup tapes... one of them is me and I'm the least trustworthy person I know.
Even more importantly, now that I could open up the repo to all my coworkers, it enabled me to collaborate across the company. They could read my code, even submit pull requests, and I didn't have to worry that they had access to SSL certs.
Tom Limoncelli http://the-cloud-book.com http://everythingsysadmin.com
P.S. Blackbox was written to safely store the occasional secret file (SSL certs, mostly) in a Puppet repo stored on an in-company source code server.
Even though I personally knew everyone with access to the repo, root access to the repo server, or access to where the backup tapes are stored... it became essential to encrypt those secrets. Honest, I don't trust the people who handle our backup tapes... one of them is me and I'm the least trustworthy person I know.
Even more importantly, now that I could open up the repo to all my coworkers, it enabled me to collaborate across the company. They could read my code, even submit pull requests, and I didn't have to worry that they had access to SSL certs.