On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 12:11:19PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > > My point is this: I think creating and saving backup passwords is of minimal > value.
Maybe to you as a single user. However, I have worked in places where resources are protected by multiple passwords. For instance there was a "normal" password given to the admins (or users, as the case may be) and a backup password was kept locked in a safe. The backup password could be used if there was some sort of emergency where for some reason those who would normally have the password were not available. (Think disaster recovery.) Based on the content in the wiki it seems appropriate to inform the reader of the presence of the ability to store multiple passwords which can unlock an encrypted device. > Far more important (but not mentioned) is making and keeping backup > copies of your encrypted data (possibly not encrypted but stored in a bank > vault ;-), yet that is not mentioned. > It probably is not mentioned since backups are not something which are unique to encrypted devices. A general reminder would not be wrong or bad, but it would seem out of place to me. I mean, we could also add reminders to make sure the firewall is up to date, secured, and enabled or to have SMART enabled and configured to send alerts if a HDD begins to exhibit symptoms of a potential failure. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
