1)Encrypted disk. The only reason to encrypt the backup volume is so that
the files cannot be access if a drive is pulled or if someone tries to
backdoor linux security by booting a livecd or something. Once the system
is running, the excryption is already bypassed.
2)rsync has no ability to encrypt the transfer of data BUT you can easily
tunnel rsync over ssh. cygwin has an ssh daemon that can be used to do this
but you will have to use some public keys to make it all work without
passwords. This is quite secure.
2b)alternatively, you can build a vpn on your backuppc server and have your
windows clients connect to the VPN to provide a secure connection. You can
turn off setting the gateway on the VPN so that it would affect other
network traffic. This is not too difficult and is also very secure.
3)the password in .htpasswd is in a text file but is encrypted like the text
/etc/passwd file. Good luck cracking it. Additionally, it can be changed
to permissions 640 so that only backuppc and root can even read it.
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 4:35 AM, Daniel Berteaud <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If someone has access to your backup box, having password is useless
> because he can directly access the backed up files.
>
> Le mercredi 09 juillet 2008 à 10:29 +0000, nadia kheffache a écrit :
> > hi Paul,
> >
> > I agree with you, but I think this is not prudent to have the
> > passwords to clear stored in a file.
> > But if we are ever attacked from the outside?
> > I think the passwords in / etc / shadow / are not clear even to root?
> > we trust our users, the administrator, so everything must be allowed
> > to clear? NO.
> > So, i dont have probleme with my Backuppc, because it installed in the
> > private lan isolated, but, the hacker are very clever...
> >
> > Regards
> > Nadia
> >
>
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