Terry L. Inzauro wrote:
> Dan Langille wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I wish to know what is the most secure solution for using bacula over the
>>> internet.
>>>
>>> I have seen bacula is able to use tls connection and tcp-wrappers. Is this
>>> solution strong enough ?
>> "Strong-enough" is hard to define. It is at least as strong as https,
>> which is used for many things, including financial transactions.
>>
>> > Is there a more secure solution ?
>>
>> None easily available. Security is a trade off between risk and
>> convenience. It's secure enough for what I do. I can't tell you if
>> it's secure enough for what you do. Only you can decide that.
>>
>>> It is possible to use ssh tunnel, but it is really painfull to administrate
>>> on a
>>> large number of machines.
>> TLS will be at least as secure as ssh.
>>
>
>
>
> http://openvpn.net is your friend in a time of need.....of security, that is.
It's worth noting here that openvpn, ssh, and Bacula all use the exact same
crypto library (openssl) under the hood to handle encryption.
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