On 03 Mar 2004 07:55:00 +0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Spicer) wrote: > On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 02:28, Rembrandt wrote: > > I know guys wich are working as administrators at a newspaper. > > They make backups.. yes.. > > But they make it only for 1 week (couse there's too much data). > > So they're able to restore all files wich changed since date X. > > But what's about a virii wich infects the files and waits until a > > special date? > > Or what's about logic-bombs? > Its not the job of an anti-virus solution to compensate for inadequate > backups. This is inadequate because if you may need a file from a > month ago your backup solution should be able to deliver that. A > weekly rotation is only any good if the files you are backing up will > genuinely not be needed for longer than a week. There are plenty of > adequate ways to minimise the amount of media needed to perform much > longer term backups (for example the Tower of Hanoi method).
I don't angree couse a virus could also infect backups if the virus keep itself secret. And after 14 or 16 months it could destroy all data. Don't say "Admins have to". They do their work but they can't fight what they dosn't see.
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