Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security

2013-07-01 09:28:19
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula security
From: Jérôme Blion <jerome.blion AT free DOT fr>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:25:23 +0200
Le 2013-07-01 13:07, Martin Simmons a écrit :
> Bacula does have root read (and write) privileges on every backed-up 
> system,
> but you can encrypt the backups before sending them to the central 
> server.
> Bacula can also sign the backups, so the client can verify that a 
> restore
> doesn't contain modified data.  You still have to keep the 
> encryption/signing
> keys secure of course.
> 
> __Martin


If the bacula server is compromised and the attacker gains root 
privileges on the Bacula director, it can modify any client's job to run 
a specific command to gain access (unprivileged or not)
In this kind of architecture, securing the director from unauthorized 
access is primordial and needs to take the necessary time to do it 
properly.

If you don't grant privileges to clients (console access and so on), 
they can be safely compromised (sigh). At worst, you will back up wrong 
files. If they have a console access to the director, you must ensure 
they can't do harm to your system or your files (restoring files from a 
confidential system on a public one, for example)

HTH.
Jerome Blion.

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