[Borgbackup] key export

[Jasper Knockaert]

Hi Ronald

Thank you for your reaction. But it is not really an answer to my 
question. Perhaps I formulated it poorly, but what I want to know is 
whether the exported key is encrypted or not. Put differently: can 
anyone with read access to the archive storage decrypt its contents 
after obtaining an exported key?

Best regards


Jasper

On 2 Nov 2017, at 12:30, Roland van Laar via Borgbackup wrote:

> Hi Jasper,
>
> The format of the output:
> http://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/key.html#borg-key-export
>
> Did you try the borg export command?
>
> Regular export is base 64.
> Other options are a qr-code and a checksum based format which is 
> typeable.
>
> Regarding the comprised key:
> I don't know.
> My advice: Try to restore the backup on a different machine.
> A backup is only as good as its restore procedure.
>
> Regards,
>
> Roland
>
> On 02-11-17 10:53, Jasper Knockaert wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> If I use key export to backup the repository encryption key, what is 
>> the format of the output? Is the exported key still encrypted or not? 
>> Or to put it differently: in the case the exported key gets 
>> compromised, would one need the repository password the decrypt the 
>> archives or not?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>>
>> Jasper
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