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Re: Account from Keyfile

To: tarsnap-users@tarsnap.com, Stephen <mailman@tuxcon.com>
Subject: Re: Account from Keyfile
From: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 00:31:21 -0700
In-reply-to: <20170523033313.GA5065@WADDLEDUCK>
References: <20170523033313.GA5065@WADDLEDUCK>

On 05/22/17 20:33, Stephen wrote:
> Just a quick/simple question (hopefully)! Given a keyfile, can the
> account be determined from said keyfile (either by ourselves, or
> Colin)? Or is the account only used to set up + authorise that key
> file to store on the service, using a one-way only kind of identifier?
> 
> Just curious if a keyfile can be used to identify an account, or not
> :) 

I haven't figured out how to bill people for their machines' usage without
knowing which account each machine belongs to.  Does that answer your
question? ;-)

-- 
Colin Percival
Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve
Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid

References:
- Account from Keyfile
  - From: Stephen <mailman@tuxcon.com>

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