Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 18:58:37 +0000 From: Adam Laurie <adam@algroup.co.uk> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "write only" fs/files ? Message-ID: <3AA7D65D.C27251B9@algroup.co.uk> References: <5.0.2.1.0.20010308130831.03074aa0@marble.sentex.ca>
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Mike Tancsa wrote: > > We are looking at a new network backup system and are throwing around a > number of scenarios. We have a mix of co-location servers and want to > provide a backup service to those who do not provide their own built in > tape drives. One of the ideas thrown about was some sort of one way backup > system on a large disk store. For UNIX users, rsync over ssh to a unique > userID per server is one thought. For Win32 boxes, some combo of samba > perhaps through PTPTP. > > One additional feature that would be nice to have would be to provide one > way backups somehow. i.e. the client machine dumps its data to the backup > server either into a dump file or tar file or sync'd file system via > rsync. But, for security purposes, it would be nice to somehow mark that > data once uploaded as being inaccessible to the client machine. This way > if their box gets compromised after the backup, they dont have access to > the data before it gets offloaded to tape. > > Comments ? stunnelled amanda with strong authentication. http://www.stunnel.org/ http://www.amanda.org/ i've never used 'doze clients but i'm told they work. cheers, Adam -- Adam Laurie Tel: +44 (20) 8742 0755 A.L. Digital Ltd. Fax: +44 (20) 8742 5995 Voysey House http://www.thebunker.net Barley Mow Passage http://www.aldigital.co.uk London W4 4GB mailto:adam@algroup.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM PGP key on keyservers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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