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Re: [Monotone-devel] new to monotone
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Nathaniel Smith |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] new to monotone |
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Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:19:16 -0700 |
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 09:29:24PM -0700, Howard Spindel wrote:
> At 02:03 PM 8/23/2005 +1200, Matthew Gregan wrote:
>
> >The database is not encrypted.
>
> So if I have a backup on a public ISP can anybody with SQL read my
> database? (assuming the file had public permissions)
Yes, if they can read the file, they can get the data out of it.
If this worries you, you can always use some sort of file encryption,
like gnupg. (Of course you have to decrypt before you can actually
access the database, but this isn't a problem for off-site backups.)
-- Nathaniel
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