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Date:      Sun, 16 May 1999 23:54:25 -0500 (CDT)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
To:        "Isaac D. Kishk" <zippo@caffeine.io.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: secure backup
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.990516235201.42841B-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990516234827.A2021@io.com>

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On Sun, 16 May 1999, Isaac D. Kishk wrote:

:Small fundamental question... how would you trust the tape if the machine
:the tape is attached to is untrusted?
:

I can see situations where you can trust that the tape will be made properly,
but can't trust that someone won't have a look at the data while it crosses
the wire, is on the tapehost, or on the tape.  A remote datacenter is one 
likely possibility.

David




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