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Another reason to employ multiple backup techniques. In this case, raw partition backups would have probably saved a lot of worry (although they wouldn't have g
by Jabbles 16y ago
Another reason to employ multiple backup techniques. In this case, raw partition backups would have probably saved a lot of worry (although they wouldn't have got rid of the original vulnerability, which is arguably more important).
- nhangen 16y agoamen to that. Makes me wonder if I should finally invest in online backup of some sort.
- crocowhile 16y agoAlso, by restoring an entire system you cannot be sure you have a dormient virus/rootkit/malware hidden in it. I backup my basic system (as a txt list of linux packages, in fact) and my data separately also because not all data are worth the same.
- omh 16y agoWhy would fixing the original vulnerability be more important than backups?
- Jabbles 16y agoPerhaps there is a subtlety I have missed, but if the original vulnerability is not fixed, no amount of restoring backup copies is going to allow your users to consistently access their data. A vulnerable system will inevitably be attacked in exactly the same way, particularly if the hacker is keeping a log of which systems have been compromised but not unlocked online.