Re: [Networker] lto4 and encryption
2008-08-23 05:27:30
Yard, John wrote:
I am reading up on the documentation
and encrypting the content of lto4
drives .
I am using Networker 7.4 sp1 with
an IBM ts3310.
I understand that to do software encryption
I need to install EKM on my AIX 5.3
box.
I think you understand this incorrectly. EKM does not do software
encryption. EKM does not do encryption at all. EKM manages the keys used
for hardware encryption, performed by the LTO-4 drives.
I would prefer however to do hardware
emcryption/decryption . The ts3310 has
a hardware encryption feature.
Why can't I simply turn on this hardware
encryption feature ? If so what is the advantage
of turning on EKM ?
In order to turn on the hardware encryption on your LTO-4 drives you
need something to manage the keys, this could be a separate package such
as EKM, or it could be built in to your backup software if it supports
it (TSM does, NetWorker doesn't), or it could possibly be built in to
your library.
Read it again...
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