Re: Any backup solutions that offer password protected tapes?
- From: Rich Pierson <fist@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:23:47 -0600
Michael Vilain <vilain@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:vilain-
C1CD5D.13454213012006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> In article <1137182501.480041.14420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> tonij67@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Turns out we are persuing a "cheap" alternative here. By that I mean,
>> backing up to disk then encrypting the data using something like GPG
on
>> tape.
>>
>> I have just begun to look into this and I have very little experience
>> with GPG...
>>
>> Does this appear to be a sound idea? It looks good on paper, getting
>> it to work is another thing entirly (at least for me!)
>
> At first blush, here are a few thoughts:
>
> - How would they do restores on bare-metal hardware with or without the
> password?
>
> - I think you'll going to need a fast machine with lots of CPU to do
the
> streaming encryption.
>
> - This is a custom backup system outside the normal and usual tools any
> sysadmin would be expected to know walking into a job. How will they
> maintain or make changes to it? Train users? Write documentation? As
> long as it's in production, they'll have to do these things.
>
> - It is conceivable you could modify some PD backup software (amanda,
> star, etc.) to encrypt the output to tape and decrypt the input from
> tape for restores. Would you need a password vault of some sort to
> manage passwords? This isn't a small project in my mind. I hope you
> charge accordingly.
>
> - Usually, "cheap" means they either don't have money or don't want to
> spend money. I hope they're paying you all you can get away with
> charging for this. Don't deliver anything until the cashiers check
> clears the bank.
>
> - What if you're hit by bus (or die of Bird Flu or smallpox)?
>
In the past week I have gone thru Veritas netbackup business version 4.5,
I remember seeing the ability to set a password on the backup volume.
Can't swear where but I know I saw it in there...
.
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