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On 11/11/2011 09:22 PM, Grant wrote: |
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> So if I push, I don't really have backups because anyone who breaks |
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> into the backed-up system can delete all of its backups like this: |
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> rdiff-backup --remove-older-than 1s backup@12.34.56.78::/path/to/backup |
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> And if I pull, none of my backed-up systems are secure because anyone |
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> who breaks into the backup server has root read privileges on every |
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> backed-up system and will thereby "gain full root privileges quickly." |
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It's a false dichotomy[1], but sums up the trade-off between those two |
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options well enough. |
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The last "hacker" who tried to delete everything on my system was a |
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5.25in floppy. So, I'm biased towards the other case. |
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[1] Third option: choose push or pull, and ALSO make off-site read-only |
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backups of the backup server every once in a while. |
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