On Mon 27 Sep 2010, grarpamp wrote: > > Yes, right now "rsync -c" is not good if an attacker has had the > > opportunity to plant files on the destination and you want to make sure > > the files get updated properly, but that's an uncommon use case > > Or whitehat people backing up cracked boxes.
If I was backing up a known cracked box, I would not overwrite a good backup with that; I would create a clean full backup for that purpose. If I was unknowingly backing up a cracked box, I wouldn't mind the planted files not overwriting the originals in the backup :-) > Or anyhat people backing up data generated from their fleet of playstations. You'd expect the timestamp and other metadata to differ in that case, so that -c isn't needed. Paul -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
