On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 08:27:47PM +0200, Arno Lehmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 14.09.2007 20:21,, Frank Sweetser wrote::
> > Arno Lehmann wrote:
> > 
> >> Whatever you like... For these purposes - well-defined usage, and the 
> >> clients need to be set up for this particular server anyway - I think 
> >> self-signed certificates are absolutely ok. Of course, if you already 
> > 
> > Nope - I found out while setting it up that Bacula will not work exclusively
> > with self-signed certs.  A self signed CA is okay, but everyone at both ends
> > has to be signed by a trusted CA.
> 
> Erm... yes. Actually, that's what I was trying to say. Thanks.
> In fact, without a common instance to trust, the whole certificate 
> stuff is more or less useless and becomes only a more complicated 
> setup of shared secrets (more or less).
> 
I think this is the reason I just jumped right into using ssh.  BTW,
is there any reason to have an FD running all the time on clients?

> Arno
> 
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