>> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:45:44 +0100, Hans Christian Riksheim <HCR AT STERIA 
>> DOT NO> said:

> Trusting the TSM administrator: I'm not saying that TSM

> administrators are an untrustworthy lot. But with client-key
> encryption you don't have to trust the TSM admin and it is a big
> difference. If I offer a TSM service, backup "through a hole in the
> wall" or what it is called, the customer can set the encryption key
> himself and even if I wanted to, would have no chance of retrieving
> his data and giving it away. The backup is as secure as the
> customers own standard for protecting the key. He does not have to
> rely on the supplier of the TSM service.

That's my key talking point.  IMO, if they're encrypting, they're
trying to assert control over their data.  If the TSM admin can read
their data, then they're not in control over it.

- Allen S. Rout