Re: ontape encryption?

Hello, On Jan 4, 4:42 am, chud <chrishud...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, I am a Linux admin with some past database experience, however I > am new to Informix. We are running Informix IDS 9.4.0 on RedHat ES 3 > and 4, and we do backups via ontape to a tape device. I have been > asked to look into how to encrypt the data on the tapes. I noticed the > following general comment from 'another thread' > (http://tinyurl.com/y9bzqj)*:* > > > Additionally ontape can backup/restore to/from STDIN/STDOUT. This is > > useful if you want to do something like. > > > ontape | gzip | encrypt > /backup/bkup.datCan anyone add to this? The STDIO option with ontape was introduced in IDS 10.0. With 9.40 or earlier versions you should use the "named pipe trick". Search in this group for tips on how to do it, a good example is: http://tinyurl.com/unp42 Regards. Could you possibly use GPG? Do any of you > encrypt your ontape backups, and if so how? Thanks. > > -- > chud > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > chud's Profile:http://unixadmintalk.com/723 > View this thread:http://unixadmintalk.com/showthread.php?t=257339