Module 0192: How not to back up files on a server

Module 0192: How not to back up files on a server

Tak Auyeung, Ph.D.

September 22, 2009

1 About this module
2 The set up
2.1 The servers to be backed up
2.2 The NAS
2.3 The back up method
3 The disaster
4 What happened
4.1 A not-so-ethical end user
4.2 A peeking script
4.3 What can the script find?
4.4 The second mistake
5 How do I keep my job?
5.1 Hide the username and password
5.2 Sensitivity one-way street
5.3 Share separation
5.4 Encrypted back up files
5.5 Reverse back up method