{"id":1023,"date":"2009-05-05T21:48:39","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T02:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coresecuritypatterns.com\/blogs\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2009-05-05T21:48:39","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T02:48:39","slug":"storingretrieving-encrypted-zfs-snapshots-on-amazon-s3-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websecuritypatterns.com\/blogs\/2009\/05\/05\/storingretrieving-encrypted-zfs-snapshots-on-amazon-s3-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Encrypted ZFS Automatic Snapshots to Amazon S3 Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Are you test driving Amazon S3 cloud as your backup storage and worried about your data security ?\u00a0 Now, Amazon S3 users can have a compelling encrypted backup solution\u00a0by adopting\u00a0to OpenSolaris and ZFS.\u00a0\u00a0Few months ago, I had my first experience with ZFS Automatic\u00a0Snapshots which allows to backup\u00a0and\u00a0preserve the filesystem at timed intervals.\u00a0 Last week I noted from <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.com\/gbrunett\/\" target=\"_blank\">Glenn Brunette<\/a> that now we can\u00a0store and retrieve\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kenai.com\/projects\/zfs-backup-to-s3\/pages\/Home\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Encrypted ZFS Automatic\u00a0Snapshots<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>to and from\u00a0Amazon S3 Cloud.\u00a0 Thanks to Project Kenai initiative, it just introduced the\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/kenai.com\/projects\/zfs-backup-to-s3\/pages\/Home\" target=\"_blank\">ZFS Backup\u00a0To S3<\/a><\/em><\/strong> \u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/kenai.com\/projects\/s3-crypto\/pages\/Home\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>S3-Crypto<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>tools together referred to as Cloud Safety Box (CSB) that allows to integrate the ZFS Automatic Snapshots\u00a0with\u00a0full-fledged encryption support\u00a0using Solaris Cryptographic Framework or OpenSSL.\u00a0 The solution can also take advantage of\u00a0cryptographic accelerators including On-chip cryptographic acceleration provided by Sun Niagara T1\/T2 platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The following diagram depicts the operational model of\u00a0storing and retrieving encrypted ZFS snapshots to Amazon S3 storage cloud.\u00a0\u00a0You just had the highlights&#8230;\u00a0if you want to try it out I suggest you to take a look\u00a0at the detailed instructions <a href=\"http:\/\/kenai.com\/projects\/s3-crypto\/pages\/Home\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0at Project Kenai.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 437px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kenai.com\/projects\/s3-crypto\/pages\/Home\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" src=\"http:\/\/kenai.com\/attachments\/wiki_images\/s3-crypto\/s3-crypto-diagram-v0.1.png\" alt=\"Encrypted ZFS Automatic Snapshots\" width=\"427\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Encrypted ZFS Automatic Snapshots (Source: Project Kenai)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Are you test driving Amazon S3 cloud as your backup storage and worried about your data security ?\u00a0 Now, Amazon S3 users can have a compelling encrypted backup solution\u00a0by adopting\u00a0to OpenSolaris and ZFS.\u00a0\u00a0Few months ago, I had my first experience with ZFS Automatic\u00a0Snapshots which allows to backup\u00a0and\u00a0preserve the filesystem at timed intervals.\u00a0 Last week I noted from Glenn Brunette that&#8230; 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