Ok. I’ll start backing up to another server I’m using. I’ll send you
the SSH key when I’ve set it up, so you can start backing up to any
server you want. The backup file size is about 50 MB atm.
Here’s my pgp key btw: http://www.bitcoin.org/mmalmi.asc
Gavin Andresen wrote:
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:55 AM, mmalmi@cc.hut.fi wrote:
ShadowOfHarbringer described a way of mirroring the bitcoin.org website and forum here: http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2026.msg30043#msg30043
Should we go by it and trust the database along with its password hashes to some reliable community members who have servers?
That seems like asking for trouble, and I think it would violate the implicit trust of everybody who’s registered for the forums.
I agree, don’t let the database out of your hands. There’s private PM in there, e-mail addresses, passwords.
BTW, password hashes = passwords. It’s easy to break the hash of short passwords people use on forums. 6 chars = 3 difficulty 7 chars = 410 difficulty 8 chars = 25418 difficulty
Another option is to
encrypt the backups with pgp and store them in multiple places.
That seems wiser. Daily backups copied … somewhere … seems like the right thing to do. If they’re reasonably small (less than a gigabyte), I’d be happy to pay for Amazon S3 storage/bandwidth for them.
+1
Even with encryption, a trusted storage place is better.
Source: Published by Martti Malmi on GitHub in February 2024 as part of his testimony in the COPA v. Wright trial. The full correspondence archive is available at mmalmi.github.io/satoshi/.