Re: Tar backups creating secure tape image?

From: Marc David Ronell (marc_ronell_at_highstream.net)
Date: 08/26/03 

Date: 26 Aug 2003 13:34:39 -0400

>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Mattern <syscjm@gwu.edu> writes:

    Chris> Marc David Ronell wrote:
>> Is there a good method to use tar to create secure tape
>> backups? The goal is to encrypt each file individually and
>> then put the encrypted file into the archive. Encrypting the
>> archive would seem to yield a fragile backup and is not
>> desired.
>>
    Chris> Encrypting backups strikes me as a rather poor idea. The
    Chris> last thing you need is to be locked out of your backups
    Chris> when you need them. Tapes are offline when not being used
    Chris> anyways. Maintain proper physical security of your tape
    Chris> vault and that should take care of your security
    Chris> requirements.

Most places I have been in do not, unfortunately , have a tape vault.
Also, doesn't it seem silly to have logins and password protection on
normal machine access, but not on backups? If one cannot break into a
machine, it is trivial to borrow a recent backup tape.

Marc

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