Re: Security of Volumes

[James Turnbull <jamest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Data encryption of the whole volume is really the only way.  You could 
separately
encrypt
libraries on the volume by saving them one at a time with different
passwords/encryption systems.
Only allow access to certain passwords/encryption systems to certain users but
this process
is very time consuming and unwieldy.  Or save the secure data on different
volumes from the
regular data and store the secure data seperately.  Not an easy task to
undertake.  Just my
quick thoughts on the matter.

                                                            James Turnbull
                                                            AS/Tech Consulting

David Gibbs wrote:

> At 07:34 AM 3/9/98 -0500, O'Connor, Peter H. wrote:
> >I have had a request from a client to add security to media volumes.  For
> >example,  John can't use volume 123456.  He would get a NOT AUTHORIZED to
> >this volume.    This would mean that you could do with a media volume that
> >you can do with an object of the 400.  The idea is to restrict certain
> >users to confidential data on volumes.
> >I would like to know what  the 400 community thinks  of this and if has any
> >value.
>
> Sounds to me like the data on the media volume should be encrypted.
>
> I've never heard of a way to secure backup / archive media in such a way
> that it was inaccessable in some way.
>
> Just my $.02
>
> david
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