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Re: Key which can only delete 'old backups'
- To: Richard Collins <richardc@richardc.net>
- Subject: Re: Key which can only delete 'old backups'
- From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:24:47 -0700
- Cc: Tarsnap Mailing List <tarsnap-users@tarsnap.com>
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Richard Collins <richardc@richardc.net> wrote:
> On the server being backed up I have a write-only key which is used for the
> regular backups. It would be nice if after doing a backup, the backup script
> could delete archives older than say 3 months. This would require a delete
> key to be on the server being backed up.
You want embedded meta-data, including key-usage restrictions based on
archive age? I'm not even sure that's a good idea - without commenting
on its feasibility.
- M