[iyonix-support] Re: maplin/seagate usb hard drive

On 27 Aug, in message <cd0a1d5d4e.peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Peter Bell <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <7c3de65c4e.wlm@xxxxxxxxx>
>           Willem Arends <wlm4p@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > In message <3f07625c4e.peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >           Peter Bell <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Not being able to take the backup medium offline does make it
> > > rather vulnerable!
> > 
> > Could you be more precise about the possible security issues. I
> > normally dismount the ADFS back-up drive after use (as I do with the
> > CDFS, ShareFS and LanMan98) 
> 
> Dismounting does not prevent errant software from accessing the drive.
> Also, the fact that the drive is still powered up and inside the
> machine leaves it susceptible to heat, power perturbations etc.  

Also, a backup should ideally be offsite, not merely offline, otherwise
fire, flood, burglary or other disaster may result in the loss of all
copies of the data in a single incident. It doesn't matter how many
copies there are if they are all stored together.

Mike
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