From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 29 09:57:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B50C16A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:57:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3DFE43D2F for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:57:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1] (may be forged))i8T9up0h022111 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:56:51 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)i8T9upSd022081; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:56:51 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:56:51 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Spidey Knepscheld Message-ID: <20040929095651.GA34232@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Spidey Knepscheld , FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org References: <00fe01c4a607$b1a096d0$0b01000a@SPIDEY> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00fe01c4a607$b1a096d0$0b01000a@SPIDEY> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:56:51 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040904, clamav-milter version 0.75l on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Attix Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:57:12 -0000 --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 11:35:44AM +0200, Spidey Knepscheld wrote: > I would like to know if there is an app or someway of running a complete > off-site backup system with FreeBSD and not having to use Attix for they > want to have the backup faciclity with them and I would like to oppose > the Attix idea for my customers. Sure, it's fairly easy to set up a system that backs up to a remote server even using just the stuff that comes with FreeBSD. Virtually any network backup system out of ports (bacula, amanda) can be coerced into using a backup server at a separate location. You'll need plenty of bandwidth for the backup server, plus a disk array or tape library large enough to service all of your customers. The problems start when you consider things like security -- how do you guarrantee that /only/ one specific customer can access their data, especially in a disaster recovery situation where they may be operating out of temporary accomodation and not have access to all their old records? That includes preventing the data being snooped on in transit. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBWobjiD657aJF7eIRAjumAJ9aLBvmWUcw8NWpx5xemppc2bW5TQCcCiZO /B+muds3gqTazRuE9IiEJ1w= =Oxqz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24--