Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 08:04:25 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Hassan Halta <hassan@cs.earlham.edu> Cc: <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: using dump for backups. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20011021080246.03988ac0@192.168.0.12> In-Reply-To: <20011020231659.H77421-100000@quark.cs.earlham.edu>
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At 11:19 PM 10/20/2001 -0500, Hassan Halta wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I was thinking of using dump/restore way to backup files on the system. I
>heard sometime ago that FreeBSD dump was insecure. So, I am wondering if
>this is still the case, and how insecure it is, or what the fixes for it?
>I would like to know more about it if possible,
Dump just creates a backup file. Perhaps you are thinking of the method of
using dump to a remote file which uses rsh. That _method_ of using dump is
insecure. If you will be using dump to dump to a remote machine, just use
ssh instead.
---Mike
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