Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Client Password based data encryption.

2012-02-16 14:40:09
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Client Password based data encryption.
From: Martin Simmons <martin AT lispworks DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:52:07 GMT
>>>>> On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:01:57 -0500, Phil Stracchino said:
> 
> On 02/16/2012 05:01 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> > In theory encryption does just need the public-key. Encrypting needs the 
> > private key. but I don't know if it is possible to provide only the 
> > public key to bacula-sd.
> 
> I believe you mean that DEcrypting requires the private key.

That's true, but I think that unfortunately Bacula always signs the backup
using the private key, so it is also needed.  It might work if you add an
unrelated private key to the pem file instead of the usual one, but I suspect
restore will then complain about the signature.

__Martin

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