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Sign upConsider option to include emergency restore instructions in backup #2653
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andrewdavidwong commentedFeb 26, 2017
We could provide an option to include emergency backup restore instructions (for that backup version) as plain text immediately following the backup header (or otherwise packaged with the backup blob such that the result is a single file).
To be honest, I'm not sure whether this would be a good idea. The main benefit is that it would prevent scenarios in which a user in the distant future has an old Qubes backup but can no longer figure out how to recover data from it. If the emergency restore instructions are saved in a different file, it's possible for that separate file to be lost or the two to become separated.
One drawback is that it would increase the size of the backup (which is why it should be optional). A bigger potential concern is whether it would increase the attack surface of the backup restore process. If the text were included in what gets HMACed, it shouldn't be a problem.