Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up a BackupPC server
2009-06-04 16:29:36
Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
>
> >
> > He doesn't have to 'hope' you need a restore - he can just wipe all the
> > live copies. Now it's time for you to put back the old working copies.
> > With the current backuppc scheme of collision detection you could - if
> > you relied on md5's blindly you couldn't - or you might get an ugly
> > surprise from the substitute file.
>
> If he wants to replace those critical files with malware, why not just
> do it directly since the "disgruntled" employee has write access to
> them rather than concocting this elaborate roundabout scheme...
Because then you'd still have a copy of the real data that you could
simply restore. Remember - that's why you made those backups, thinking
they actually held copies of the original files.
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