[Box Backup] How to regenerate certificate and what's the status of Boxi

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Roy,

On 17 May 2006, at 18:15, Roy wrote:
> With a new key, you lose your store or not?

Ben Summers wrote:
> Yes. Which is why bbackupd-config urges you to keep a copy of the .raw 
> file in a safe place.

Just to avoid any confusion: there are actually two "keys" and it's 
important to know which one you're talking about.

The "Private Key" goes with the certificate and is only used to 
authenticate yourself to the server. If you lose it, you can generate 
another one.

The encryption key, named *-FileEncKeys.raw, is the one that's essential 
to recover your backups, and not replaceable.

Cheers, Chris.
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