Absolutely you're right the best way to handle a rootkit is restore from a known-good backup. Just like you practiced, last month when you tested it when found and fixed the problem with backup system.
Unfortunately, 90% of people don't have a proper backup system. Probably over half of systems that are being "backed up" can't actually be restored because the backup media went bad a year ago or whatever.
For the people who don't have a solid backup:
> some IT professional who sells himself to a client by cl
Huh? What operating system are you using? Out of the box, Windows sets you up with OneDrive and points all of your storage stuff to OneDrive. The result is that all your files are backed up.
Out of the box, Apple sets up iCloud and points all your file storage to iCloud. The result is that all your files are backed up.
You can use DropBox or a thousand alternatives if you want.
If you want a better solution, you can use either Windows Backup and Restore or Apple Time Machine which does pretty much the same thin
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Friday June 29, 2018 @12:05PM (#56865874)
Copying full and/or incremental filesets to different disks (USB sticks, HDDs, student servers, Cloud, et. al.) has always worked, and always will. For personal files, you should encrypt first, easily and portably done with openssl. Most of this can be automated too, which on Linux is very easy and transparent.
For very big/complex/incremental, it'll depend on requirements, but this is so rare, that when you need it, you'll find something that works, and you should.
Windows can be more brittle on this because of file locks and other stupidity, but mostly the same pattern applies. Mac something in between a walled garden and Linux-ish.
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Data yes, OS and programs, no (Score:2)
Absolutely you're right the best way to handle a rootkit is restore from a known-good backup. Just like you practiced, last month when you tested it when found and fixed the problem with backup system.
Unfortunately, 90% of people don't have a proper backup system. Probably over half of systems that are being "backed up" can't actually be restored because the backup media went bad a year ago or whatever.
For the people who don't have a solid backup:
> some IT professional who sells himself to a client by cl
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Out of the box, Windows sets you up with OneDrive and points all of your storage stuff to OneDrive. The result is that all your files are backed up.
Out of the box, Apple sets up iCloud and points all your file storage to iCloud. The result is that all your files are backed up.
You can use DropBox or a thousand alternatives if you want.
If you want a better solution, you can use either Windows Backup and Restore or Apple Time Machine which does pretty much the same thin
Re:Data yes, OS and programs, no (Score:0)
Copying full and/or incremental filesets to different disks (USB sticks, HDDs, student servers, Cloud, et. al.) has always worked, and always will.
For personal files, you should encrypt first, easily and portably done with openssl. Most of this can be automated too, which on Linux is very easy and transparent.
For very big/complex/incremental, it'll depend on requirements, but this is so rare, that when you need it, you'll find something that works, and you should.
Windows can be more brittle on this because of file locks and other stupidity, but mostly the same pattern applies.
Mac something in between a walled garden and Linux-ish.