Re:Amazon Glacier
by chmars on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @11:06AM
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My question is not about the setup, that's OK. I am wondering why CrashPlan shows the encryption key in the clear and does not store it in the user or system keychain.
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As others have noted, it is partially because Crashplan is a Java based app. Partially, it is also because Crashplan runs as System, not as the user. That way, I can have Crashplan backup my wife's user account and my user account.
Furthermore, you can use the encryption key + a custom password, or your own encryption key with a passphrase. In this case, it is encyrpted locally and the key is not sent to Crashplan[1].
[1] http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/recipe/change_security...
I'm assuming this because their desktop client is a java app and it it's been made to run on linux, mac and Windows. Is there such a thing as a keychain on Windows? I've only used it on linux and mac.
Yes, there's the CredWrite API - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa37..., although I must admit I like the OS X keychain a lot better.