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February 1995, Week 3

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Re[2]: Security and backup tapes
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Chris Bartram <[log in to unmask]>
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Chris Bartram <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 16 Feb 1995 11:09:00 -0400
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 In <[log in to unmask]> "Tony B. Shepherd" <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 
[SNIP]
 
> In the absence of this simple substitution approach, I would prefer to _not_
> encrypt the directory, and instead control access to the media.  YMMV.
 
It seems an obvious compromise might be to leave the directory unencrypted,
but encrypt the passwords.
 
This would have the additional advantage of not impacting any other tools out
there that know how to read the directory info on tapes.
 
> Regards  --  Tony B. Shepherd  --  [log in to unmask]
 
                   Chris Bartram
                   3k Associates

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