On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:52:57 -0600
"Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote:
> This advice is common, and it's always mystified me. Why would you
> want backups of the "data"?
Because you may not hold a master copy of the data elsewhere or have
made a backup copy yet. There may be data on the compromised machine
that have entered it from the internet such that you only obtain
alternate copies of when you make a backup of the data on that machine.
The current subscriber base for an email listserver (where new subscribe
and unsubscribe requests may have arrived since the last backup) comes
to mind.
-Paul
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