On Feb 20, 2008, at 5:03 PM, Vladimir Doisan wrote: >> Encrypting the backup will secure it in transit. Users must be aware >> that encryption of the backup requires keeping the encryption keys >> secure. If the keys are lost, your backup is useless. > > Bacula has ability to use "Master keys" to prevent this unfortunate > event. It is explained in the link that I posted in the previous > email. > http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/ > Data_Encryption.html#SECTION004530000000000000000 > Additionally, things really should be backed up off-site.
Noted. Master keys are still.. just keys. And can be lost. I'm not against encrypting backups. If all that is required is encrypting the traffic, use TLS. -- Dan Langille -- http://www.langille.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
