S3 storage and encryption

[jd82]

Hi,

I’ve been looking through the documentation (data sheet, user guide, etc.), but there’s one question I haven’t found a definitive answer for:

When using S3 Compatible storage with encryption – at which point is the backup data being encrypted?
Is it encrypted before being sent to the S3 storage, or does the encryption happen only after the data has been received by the S3 storage server?

Or, put differently: Does the S3 storage provider have access to the encryption key, meaning that the provider has to be trusted?

Thanks!

[Mike Resseler]

Hi jd82,

The encryption is done BEFORE it is send, so the storage provider does not have access to the key

[jd82]

Thank you for your reply, that is very good to know!
I'm going to install the community edition as a trial and see how it goes