Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > linux.debian.user > #178948
| From | Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies |
| Date | 2017-03-17 11:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <tlXCi-535-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tjQYh-4AT-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <tjWr0-8sd-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <tkxJU-Fd-21@gated-at.bofh.it> <tkLMR-2GV-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
David Christensen wrote: > On 03/13/2017 05:38 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Currently, the system here is >> >> - every PC has a cronjob backing up $HOME to a central "server" (read - >> repurposed PC with decent WD drives), just an rsync script that runs >> daily. > > Don't forget security: > > 1. With a "push" arrangement (e.g. each workstation backs up itself to > the server) -- if a workstation gets compromised, the backups are at risk. > > 2. With a "pull" arrangement (e.g. the server backs up all the > workstations) -- if a workstation gets compromised, the backups should > be safe (and might have clues about the intrusion). Additionally, the > backup server can be completely firewalled (e.g. no open ports). Since the PCs are laptops, they're not always here, so I was never able to figure out how to get pull to work with the condition that we were on vacation (or the laptops were otherwise "not home"). Though, yeah, the stuff that's statically here (desktop, server, etc.) are rsync-by-pull. -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281
Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-11 16:20 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-11 22:10 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-13 14:00 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-14 05:00 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-17 11:50 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2017-03-17 19:50 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-18 06:20 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-22 11:50 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-22 11:50 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-22 13:20 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-22 13:30 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-23 10:30 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-23 11:10 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-23 13:10 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-23 04:00 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-23 10:40 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-23 20:10 +0100
Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) Dominik George <nik@naturalnet.de> - 2017-03-31 14:10 +0200
Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) Dominik George <nik@naturalnet.de> - 2017-03-31 23:20 +0200
Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) Nathan Dorfman <ndorf@rtfm.net> - 2017-04-01 11:00 +0200
should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) cbannister@slingshot.co.nz - 2017-03-31 14:10 +0200
Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-31 14:20 +0200
Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-31 15:20 +0200
Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-31 15:30 +0200
Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) Dominik George <nik@naturalnet.de> - 2017-03-31 15:30 +0200
Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) Dominik George <nik@naturalnet.de> - 2017-03-31 15:50 +0200
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2017-03-14 19:00 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-03-14 19:20 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2017-03-14 20:20 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-03-14 21:40 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-03-15 13:30 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-03-15 14:10 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2017-03-15 14:30 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-03-15 16:40 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-03-15 16:40 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-03-15 21:50 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-03-16 23:50 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2017-03-14 20:10 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-03-11 23:30 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-03-15 13:30 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-03-13 15:20 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-14 05:10 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-14 15:50 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Merlin Büge <toni@bluenox07.de> - 2017-03-14 19:50 +0100
Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies DdB <debianlist@potentially-spam.de-bruyn.de> - 2017-03-19 11:40 +0100
csiph-web