Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 Thread Martin Simmons
On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 07:24:36 -0700, Grant said: I'm currently pushing backups from each system to a central backup server via rdiff-backup. However, I realized that push backups are not safe because if one of the systems is compromised, the infiltrator could delete all of that system's

Re: [Bacula-users] Open Source Backup Conference 25th of September in Cologne, cfp now open

2013-07-01 Thread Kern Sibbald
For Bruno: Please stop sending email posts to this list. This is a Bacula list not a list for promoting Bareos. For Bacula users: Please be aware that Bruno Friedmann is not a friend of Bacula. He is a Bareos reseller in Switzerland and has a long standing relationship with DassIT, which is the

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 Thread Grant
I'm currently pushing backups from each system to a central backup server via rdiff-backup. However, I realized that push backups are not safe because if one of the systems is compromised, the infiltrator could delete all of that system's backups with a command like this: rdiff-backup

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 Thread lst_hoe02
Zitat von Grant emailgr...@gmail.com: I'm currently pushing backups from each system to a central backup server via rdiff-backup. However, I realized that push backups are not safe because if one of the systems is compromised, the infiltrator could delete all of that system's backups with a

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 Thread Grant
Bacula does have root read (and write) privileges on every backed-up system, but you can encrypt the backups before sending them to the central server. Bacula can also sign the backups, so the client can verify that a restore doesn't contain modified data. You still have to keep the

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 Thread Jérôme Blion
Le 2013-07-01 13:07, Martin Simmons a écrit : Bacula does have root read (and write) privileges on every backed-up system, but you can encrypt the backups before sending them to the central server. Bacula can also sign the backups, so the client can verify that a restore doesn't contain

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 07/01/13 09:11, Grant wrote: Bacula does have root read (and write) privileges on every backed-up system, but you can encrypt the backups before sending them to the central server. Bacula can also sign the backups, so the client can verify that a restore doesn't contain modified data.

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 Thread Martin Simmons
On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:25:23 +0200, Jérôme Blion said: Le 2013-07-01 13:07, Martin Simmons a écrit : Bacula does have root read (and write) privileges on every backed-up system, but you can encrypt the backups before sending them to the central server. Bacula can also sign the

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 Thread Jérôme Blion
Le 2013-07-01 15:53, Martin Simmons a écrit : On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:25:23 +0200, Jérôme Blion said: Le 2013-07-01 13:07, Martin Simmons a écrit : Bacula does have root read (and write) privileges on every backed-up system, but you can encrypt the backups before sending them to the central

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 Thread Martin Simmons
On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 16:25:06 +0200, Jérôme Blion said: Le 2013-07-01 15:53, Martin Simmons a écrit : On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:25:23 +0200, Jérôme Blion said: Le 2013-07-01 13:07, Martin Simmons a écrit : Bacula does have root read (and write) privileges on every backed-up system,

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 Thread Josh Fisher
On 7/1/2013 9:11 AM, Grant wrote: Bacula does have root read (and write) privileges on every backed-up system, but you can encrypt the backups before sending them to the central server. Bacula can also sign the backups, so the client can verify that a restore doesn't contain modified data.

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 Thread Jérôme Blion
Le 2013-07-01 17:07, Martin Simmons a écrit : It can be secured via ACL too. You can manage what a client has access to. And so, ensure no critical data pieces can be stolen through that way. Yes, that works as long as the Director is secure -- otherwise the attacker can just write

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, This is an interesting subject and what everyone says is correct. I have been thinking over the past few months about how to improve security, and although we already have one way that the FD can drop permissions to become a backup only FD, I have been thinking about two additions: 1. A

Re: [Bacula-users] Open Source Backup Conference 25th of September in Cologne, cfp now open

2013-07-01 Thread Bruno Friedmann
On Monday 01 July 2013 13.51:58 you wrote: For Bacula users: Please be aware that Bruno Friedmann is not a friend of Bacula. Just to be clear on that, then how did you explain the fact that I maintain the bacula community edition for openSUSE related, on the open build service ? Couldn't be