>>>>> On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 15:33:11 +0300, Lauri Kiiski said:
> 
> I would like to encrypt all my data while in transit and at rest. Where 
> unencrypted file metadata is stored? Data Encryption documentation 
> (https://www.bacula.org/5.2.x-manuals/en/main/main/Data_Encryption.html) 
> explains the following.
> 
> "The implementation does not encrypt file metadata such as file path names, 
> permissions, and ownership. Extended attributes are also currently not 
> encrypted. However, Mac OS X resource forks are encrypted.”
> 
> Where is this file metadata stored and handled? Is this metadata the File 
> Attributes described at end of this page 
> https://www.bacula.org/5.2.x-manuals/en/main/main/What_is_Bacula.html ? Is 
> this file metadata then stored unencrypted at the following locations?
> - Volumes
> - Catalog
> Is this unencrypted data then exposed to the following components?
> - Storage Daemon
> - Director
> - File Daemon, quite naturally
> 
> Also, this information needs to then travel the network connections in the 
> picture where it says File Attributes? I suppose I can then use Bacula TLS 
> (https://www.bacula.org/5.2.x-manuals/en/main/main/Bacula_TLS_Communications.html)
>  to protect all that unencyrpted data between the File Daemon, Storage Daemon 
> and Director. Securing Director - Catalog DBMS connection is then out of 
> scope of Bacula. Encrypting those will ensure my data is protected while in 
> transit?
> 
> In order to encrypt all data in transit and at rest I need to
> - Enable Data Encryption for the Volumes
> - Configure Bacula TLS
> - Encrypt database connectivity to Catalog DBMS or host it at Director
> - Encrypt disks on the machines having these components: File Daemon, 
> Director, Catalog, Storage Daemon, Physical Media
> 
>  Did I got it right?

You might also consider possible leakage via the Director's message system
(https://www.bacula.org/9.4.x-manuals/en/main/Messages_Resource.html).
E.g. filenames might be written there in certain cases such as errors.

__Martin


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