Areca Backup [LSARC/2008/681 Self Review]

[David Zhang]

James C. McPherson 写道:
> Grant Zhang wrote:
>> I agree with Mark. The point of porting many FOSS packages into Open 
>> Solaris is to make people comfortable enough in using the very same 
>> tools in Open Solaris.
>>
>> Back to this case, Areca is a backup utility, not a crypto utility. 
>> Encryption is just one feature provided by Areca, although as you 
>> observed, not very strong encryption. It is possible to use Areca to 
>> back up the files totally unencrypted, which is not uncommon in 
>> personal backup space. For folks with strong security needs, 
>> encrypt(1) or mac(1) can still be used on the backups.
>>
>> Areca is an active project and a lot of people are using it on 
>> Windows and Linux. Please don't reject it so we have one less choice 
>> on OpenSolaris.
>
> Please don't try to ignore the valid architectural
> and security concerns which Darren and others have
> raised already.
>
> If this Areca backup util is to be integrated, then
> its crypto support should Do The Right Thing in OpenSolaris
> rather than merely assume that whatever is being done
> elsewhere is preferable.
>
> Oh, and has anybody informed the Areca project group that
> their name conflicts with that of a company (Areca Technologies
> Ltd of Taiwan) ?
This is not the case.

David
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> James C. McPherson
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> Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris
> Sun Microsystems
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