Basics – Configuring a reports-only user

Something that’s come up a few times in the last year for me has been a situation where a NetWorker…

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How secure are your backups?

Backup security is – or rather should be a big requirement in any organisation. Sadly we still see periodic examples…

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Seeing in-flight encryption with Data Domain and NetWorker at work

As I mentioned in an earlier article, Data Domain OS 5.5 introduced a new feature, in-flight encryption. This applies to Data…

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Architectural implications of in-flight Data Domain Boost encryption

Between the Boost libraries included in NetWorker 8.2, and the in-flight encryption functionality added in Data Domain OS 5.5, it’s…

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NetWorker Tunnels

NetWorker and firewalls has always been a bit of a challenging combination. It’s become increasingly simplified over time – to…

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Auditing should be done only by the experts

I’ve said it before – auditing should only be done by the experts. I first realised this when a security…

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All your data are belong to us

There’s a simple rule to remember when it comes to removable media handling (both within backups, and generally within IT)…

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Enhancing NetWorker Security: A theoretical architecture

It’s fair to say that no one backup product can be all things to all people. More generally, it’s fair…

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What’s wrong with the NMC installation process?

There is, in my opinion, an unpleasant security hole in the NMC installation/configuration process. The security hole is simple: it…

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Are you Monitoring RAP?

Introduced in NetWorker v7 was a feature called “Monitor RAP”. There’s two unfortunate aspects to this setting in the NetWorker…

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