• Introduction
• About the guide
• Foreward
• Context
• Security issues
• Shooting securely
• Storing securely
• Publishing securely
• Visual anonymity
• Hosting securely
• Appendices
• References
• Acknowledgements

Hosting securely

Hosting video content is not a minor task. Unlike text based content backing up discs crammed with videos can take hours, if not days. If an independent video hosting site goes down what can be done to ensure its content is available else where and within an acceptable period of time?

Case study

To research: case study recommendations from spring are the film ‘Fitnah’ and the ‘Mohammad cartoon’ as well as the Elga and Arus Pelangi sites that were blocked early 2011.

Known issues and what you can do

Websites are vulnerable to all manner of threats, from take-down-orders to DDOS attacks.

• Organisations are urged to regularly conduct monitoring of their whole website system as preventive measures. 

Backing up server content is critical, but also time consuming if not done frequently.

• Don’t rely on just one mirroring location. 
• There are bloggers who create several mirrors to protect their blogs. 

What are the least time-constrained means to ensuring an independent video hosting site such as EngageMedia and its primary content can be effectively mirrored during a period of crisis?

• Issues to consider: 
• Bandwidth
• The targeted audience
• Networking
• Things to do:
• Caching content using reverse proxy
• Tuning maximum connection on web server
• Use mod_security, how to implement mod_security. 
• Use rsync to synchronize to another server
• Is it feasible to co-locate video content at the point of publication?
• Establish network between organisations 
• Improvise with domain name
• See MalaysiaKini case
• What networks and projects are available that can respond to threats a video hosting site (e.g. APC Rapid Response).
• Team Cymru
• Rise Up

Outstanding issues / research questions

• The cost of transferring a video hosting sites data to a voluntary mirror may be prohibitive.
• There are local regulations which threaten video publications. 
• Facebook status can be liable. 
• There are many similar cases that sit in the police and courts without getting much publicity. 
• Are there regulatory protections available to hosting providers in Indonesia and if not, for instance, under what circumstances can a take-down-order be issued?
• What are the regulatory tools authorities can implement to prohibit video hosting in Indonesia? For example, what kind of subject matter would be consider in violation of Indonesian communications law?