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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 16, 2024

arsadmin encrypt/decrypt

To maintain the feel of consistency of arsadmin tool it would be welcome to add (unlock) sub modules of encrypt / decrypt when CMOD is configured with the encryption at rest.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Jan 17, 2024

    Hi Neil,

    I understand the concept, very well. It is the same (in essence) as arsadmin retrieve 123FAAA where this is not The document, but rather container (alike a zip file). Subsequently this container is encrypted/decrypted when a encryption at rest is enabled.

    If you take a CMOD with encryption enabled, and you looked at the arsadmin commands: store | retrieve | compress | decompress

    it does feel a bit incomplete ...

    And here is the business case/justification:

    If one would like to execute a migration of rather large archive from CMOD A to CMOD B, where A is unencrypted but B does have encryption at rest. You need to encrypt the "containers" before issuing "arsadmin store". (sure, the respective encryption index field needs to be updated, respectively)

    Without this functionality enabled, many customers would opt to not to use it as such, rather would look for a replica of the functionality i.e. local S3 proxy.

    Thank you,

    N.


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  • Admin
    NEIL Parrott
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    Jan 17, 2024

    Thank you for the idea. Unfortunately CMOD does not work the way that your ‘Retrieve / encrypt / store ’ example proposes. CMOD encrypts compressed objects, not regular objects. The commands proposed in the example provided would not be able to satisfy the variety of CMOD migration scenarios that are encountered. CMOD migrations rely on Expert Labs and/or experienced partners.