Crypto Question
When creating a new image, a new version of one for instance, your program doesn't ask me for a password. That implies to me that the password is stored somewhere and isn't secure. So where exactly is this password stored and is there some option to have not stored anywhere? This is simple stuff and not secure, I'm suprised at you people.
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Certainly Acronis is storing the password for your task. If not , you would have to enter it each time the task ran.
The password for the backup task is stored in the script file that is associated with the task. The script file is a text file, but the password is not stored as you entered it. You can view the script file and see how Acronis is storing the user name and password by opening the script file in notepad or any other text editor of your choice. Since I assume you have username and password protection for your system, as well as encryption enabled on your system, a person would have to be able to boot your system and open the script file to even see the stored password, and it is obfuscated in the text file.
The password is not stored as plain text in the backup files themselves.
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But I want to have to enter the password each time that it's necessary, if you're storing the password, then what's the point of having one in the first place. I really suggest at least making that an option, to store the password or not. Even from a clean boot and I have Acronis TI 2013 make a new version of an existing backup it'll do that without asking me for the password. I want to be asked the password each time it's necessary, and that password shouldn't be stored anywhere.
I really wish that you folk supported TrueCrypt. It's a very small program and it could be included on your recovery media disk pretty easily I think.
Thanks though.
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Patrick,
If you are referring to actually running or making a task the password is not required because True Image logs on to the system and has to be able to run your task if you are not present in a multi user environment. You can though password protect the image you make and although it will automatically run a scheduled task that has a password protected image, if you try and make a new task and decide to protect that image then TI will ask for a password.
I haven't tried this, but you could try installing for single user only and make sure you don't have auto log on to Windows enabled, however TI might have difficulty running a scheduled task if it can't auto log on in place of you.
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