On Sunday 03 December 2006 20:23, Landon Fuller wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2006, at 7:26 AM, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > > Volume data format, and it has known bugs (digest problems), which > > means that > > if any fixes involve changing the data format (as one does that I > > found this > > morning) > > If you're referring to digesting/signing sparse blocks (the change > you committed this morning),
Yes. > that is absolutely not a bug. All file > data must be hashed for the signature, or it will be possible to > insert data undetected. Even blocks of 0s can have a serious impact > on the meaning of a file. In a true sparse file it is not file data but holes. It will not be possible to insert data undetected because if anyone inserts any new data, the digest/signature will be different. I cannot imagine that it would ever be a good idea to digest data that is not written to the tape. > > -landonf > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
