Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula backups and data encryption

2008-02-20 Thread Win Htin
Vlad, Thanks for the input. I'm only interested in encrypting the traffic hence TLS shall it be. On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 20, 2008, at 5:03 PM, Vladimir Doisan wrote: > > >> Encrypting the backup will secure it in transit. Users must be

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula backups and data encryption

2008-02-20 Thread Dan Langille
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"

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula backups and data encryption

2008-02-20 Thread Vladimir Doisan
> 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 l

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula backups and data encryption

2008-02-20 Thread Dan Langille
On Feb 20, 2008, at 4:51 PM, Vladimir Doisan wrote: > > Win Htin wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> During a backup session, is the data flow between the client and >> server >> encrypted by default? TIA for your input. > > You could also encrypt the backup files to achieve same net result. > http://www.

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula backups and data encryption

2008-02-20 Thread Vladimir Doisan
You could also encrypt the backup files to achieve same net result. http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Data_Encryption.html Win Htin wrote: > Hi folks, > > During a backup session, is the data flow between the client and server > encrypted by default? TIA for your input. ---

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula backups and data encryption

2008-02-20 Thread Dan Langille
Win Htin wrote: > Hi folks, > > During a backup session, is the data flow between the client and server > encrypted by default? TIA for your input. No. It is optional. http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Bacula_TLS_Communication.html -- Dan Langille BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference