Backblaze: “Why does the private key still need to be sent to your datacenter?”

Re:Backblaze: “Why does the private key still need to be sen... by RadioactiveMan on Sunday August 29, 2021 @03:30PM (#28349711)

I'm not sure if I'm missing something here or what.

> HTTPS doesn't hurt anything and actually has some nice side effects (it separates backups onto a separate port than the majority of your web traffic, allows for traffic shaping if you want to do it).

Wouldn't using HTTPS put it on the same port as virtually all web traffic?

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Re:Backblaze: “Why does the private key still need to be sen... by detaro on Sunday August 29, 2021 @04:33PM (#28350210)

Yeah, it's odd. Maybe a really old answer, when that wasn't true yet?

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Re:Backblaze: “Why does the private key still need to be sen... by egberts1 on Sunday August 29, 2021 @03:51PM (#28349886)

It’s about the Backblaze having your private key, “irregardlessly” of how secured they got yours.

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Re:Backblaze: “Why does the private key still need to be sen... by thaumasiotes on Sunday August 29, 2021 @04:56PM (#28350405)

Depends. For all they know, you could be using their software in 1998.

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