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Re: [Networker] NetWorker security

2003-03-03 13:12:36
Subject: Re: [Networker] NetWorker security
From: Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 12:38:15 -0500
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Byron Servies wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The only way to prevent nwadmin (or nsradmin, or any
> program that implements the necessary protocols)  from
> viewing the configuration of a NetWorker server is to
> remove it from the machine.

Security through obfuscation is not all that robutst! There's nothing to
prevent the system manager for a particular backup client from
reinstalling nwadmin, is there?

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