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Started by lindstrom
Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:10
Backups
Author: lindstrom
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:10
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:10
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Hello- We were sitting around discussing the keystroke monitoring thread when the following came up: I make a full backup of our system every week. If I were to make a copy of *EVERYTHING* in your office--even though I would not look at it--you would go through the roof about privacy...but you expect and even demand that a backup of your files be kept. What is the difference? [Note: 'you' is generic, or are you paranoid?] I know our University keeps such backups, and Texas A&M posts a banner at login directing students how to request "file restoration." Your thoughts are requested... I will let you know if you're right!! Greg--
Re: Backups
Author: mccalld
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:27
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:27
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> > Your thoughts are requested... I will let you know if you're > right!! I'm exploring the concept of using our aging campus mainframe to do network backups of the campus UNIX & PC boxes...... our thoughts are that we would solicit from the individual users on each machine which directories were more valuable than others and then we would custom taylor the program to do the work during the wee hours of twilight via ftp. Letting the users make the choices seems the best way to aviod issues of privacy, where they are given the opportunity to disclose the data they want kept up to date and the secret stuff would have to be their own responsibility! dmc
Re: Backups
Author: mccalld
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:30
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:30
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> Your thoughts are requested... I will let you know if you're > right!! I almost forgot.....the programs would 1st use the most convenient and speedy compression routines to pack the data into a single file. This would take place prior to the ftp to the backup host! I think this keeps the information relatively secure from prying eyes on the network. dmc
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