It's pretty clearly stated in the 3.7.3 and 4.1 tech guide (SG24-6110),
page 56: "... data stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server is
encrypted and thus unreadable by any malicious administrators."
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Subject: Re: =?8859_1?B?ZG9utHQg?=aynone know anything about Encryption
in TSM.
In Petur's defense, I think he is trying to say he could not find anywhere
that specifically said "data in a Seq. Access Storage Pool, that goes
offsite will be encrypted." I can't see where he says he read a document
that says it is not encrypted.
Jon
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From: Jack Magill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:10 AM
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Subject: Re: =?8859_1?B?ZG9utHQg?=aynone know anything about Encryption
in TSM.
Hi, I was just wondering where you found the information stating that the
data was only protected on the way to the server, but not on the server.
Encryption is done by the client using an encrytion key that it create and
since the key is never passed from client to server, there is no way for
the
server to de-crypt the data before storage.
Please let me know, as I would like to look at the documentation.
Jack
>
> From: Pétur Eyţórsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2002/04/02 Tue AM 07:04:45 EST
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: don´t aynone know anything about Encryption in TSM.
>
> Hi i have posted this 2 times before here but havent receved a reply
yet.
> thus led me to belive that knowlegde on this is wery limited.
>
> I have a big custemer who is considerating TSM for there backup system.
> However, they will be needing to take some of there backup offsite.
> They have extremly valible data witch may not get in the wrong hands.
>
> I have been reading up on Encryption in TSM and found it to be only
desingd
> to protect the data on the way
> to the TSM server. I found no info on werther the data would be
Encrypted
in
> the storage pools.
>
> My question.
>
> Is it possible to make Backupset, and be sure no-one can use it if it
gets
> in the wrong hands (Encrypt it somehow.
> How can a administrator be sure that no-one can restore his
> copy-storage-pools. is it posible to encrypt the data somehow.
> Is it possible to password protect the TSM Database, so that you can´t
> restore it without a password.
>
>
> what way can they take offsite backup and be sure that there data is
safe,
> even if the bad guys get the tapes.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Kvedja/Regards
> Petur Eythorsson
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