From 37c64a4a96e0ae7f70263410838deb728e07cec7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Sterz Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:34:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add paragraph on verification jobs to ransomware section Signed-off-by: Stefan Sterz --- docs/storage.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/storage.rst b/docs/storage.rst index 2df7ec16..9b49f073 100644 --- a/docs/storage.rst +++ b/docs/storage.rst @@ -473,6 +473,13 @@ While creating backups is important, verifying that they work is equally important. This ensures that you are able to react quickly in case of an emergency and keeps disruption of your services to a minimum. +:ref:`Verification jobs ` can also assist in detecting +a ransomware presence on a Proxmox Backup Server. Since verification jobs +regularly check if all backups still match the checksums on record, they will +start to fail if a ransomware starts to encrypt existing backups. Please be +aware, that an advanced enough ransomware could circumvent this mechanism. +Hence, consider verification jobs only as an additional, but not a sufficient +protection measure. General Prevention Methods and Best Practices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.39.5