[Fed-Talk] TimeMachine use in Fed space... opinions?
[Fed-Talk] TimeMachine use in Fed space... opinions?
- Subject: [Fed-Talk] TimeMachine use in Fed space... opinions?
- From: Taylor Armstrong <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:07:17 -0500
Good morning all,
As part of our normal 10.5 build, we have disabled TimeMachine, pushing
users towards backing up to our SAN (and thus to tape) instead. Most of
the incentive for this was the lack of security offered by TimeMachine,
since the data on the external drive is readable by anyone with access
to the drive itself. (no OD environment to host the backups).
We have a couple of users asking us to reconsider, so I'm curious what
other .gov agencies are using. I use, and enjoy TimeMachine at home,
but it doesn't seem like a best-practice to use it in an enterprise
environment when we have more secure methods. The main justification
being put forward is that it would simplify COOP requirements.
Thoughts?
thanks,
Taylor Armstrong
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