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Encryption Key Best Practices
For backup sets protected with “User password” or “Custom” encryption setting it is
very important to make sure the encryption key will not be easily cracked or guessed.
Please consider the following recommendations when creating an encryption key for
your backup set.
The encryption key is the password that allows access to your data, without the
correct encryption key your data will not be recoverable. It is highly recommended
that you keep a separate copy of your encryption keys and store them in a secure
place. Clients are prompted to do this during the creation of each new backup set on
BOBcloud Server / BOBcloud Desktop.
Do not use an encryption key containing personal information,
i.e. name, birthday, qwerty, login name, abc123, 123456 etc.
The encryption key should be at least 8 characters long.
The encryption key should contain both uppercase (A-Z) &
lowercase (a-z) characters, numbers (0-9), and other characters
(+/-\=@#$%^&*())
Keep a copy of the encryption key.
≥8
Ab1@$%