Applying Encryption Keys in a Web Farm

I wonder if someone can help clarify this one..?
If Iâ've implemented Reporting Services across a Web Farm, and saved a copy
of the encryption key for each node â' If encryption is broken, which key do I
apply?
Thanks,
MarkThe key is the same for each node. There is only one symmetric key for a
farm. The key is just encrypted differently for each node.
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-Daniel
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"Mark Barker" <MarkBarker@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:70EE7611-00DA-40E8-8B0C-31F5D48EE39E@.microsoft.com...
> I wonder if someone can help clarify this one..?
> If I've implemented Reporting Services across a Web Farm, and saved a copy
> of the encryption key for each node - If encryption is broken, which key
do I
> apply?
> Thanks,
> Mark
>|||Thanks Daniel
Does that mean that if I want to recover I run â'rskeymgmt â'a..â' on one (any)
node â' or on all nodes in the Farm?
"Daniel Reib [MSFT]" wrote:
> The key is the same for each node. There is only one symmetric key for a
> farm. The key is just encrypted differently for each node.
> --
> -Daniel
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Mark Barker" <MarkBarker@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:70EE7611-00DA-40E8-8B0C-31F5D48EE39E@.microsoft.com...
> > I wonder if someone can help clarify this one..?
> >
> > If I've implemented Reporting Services across a Web Farm, and saved a copy
> > of the encryption key for each node - If encryption is broken, which key
> do I
> > apply?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >
>
>|||You would need to do that to each node that was failing with an error about
not be able to unencrypt data. You should rarely have to use this tool.
Only if any passwords get reset or users that the service are running as
change.
--
-Daniel
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Mark Barker" <MarkBarker@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6865252C-DD9F-425F-8F4A-498139C9BDDC@.microsoft.com...
> Thanks Daniel
> Does that mean that if I want to recover I run 'rskeymgmt -a..' on one
(any)
> node - or on all nodes in the Farm?
>
> "Daniel Reib [MSFT]" wrote:
> > The key is the same for each node. There is only one symmetric key for
a
> > farm. The key is just encrypted differently for each node.
> >
> > --
> > -Daniel
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> >
> >
> > "Mark Barker" <MarkBarker@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:70EE7611-00DA-40E8-8B0C-31F5D48EE39E@.microsoft.com...
> > > I wonder if someone can help clarify this one..?
> > >
> > > If I've implemented Reporting Services across a Web Farm, and saved a
copy
> > > of the encryption key for each node - If encryption is broken, which
key
> > do I
> > > apply?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark
> > >
> >
> >
> >|||OK - Thanks Daniel - Appreciate your swift response.
"Daniel Reib [MSFT]" wrote:
> You would need to do that to each node that was failing with an error about
> not be able to unencrypt data. You should rarely have to use this tool.
> Only if any passwords get reset or users that the service are running as
> change.
> --
> -Daniel
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Mark Barker" <MarkBarker@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6865252C-DD9F-425F-8F4A-498139C9BDDC@.microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Daniel
> >
> > Does that mean that if I want to recover I run 'rskeymgmt -a..' on one
> (any)
> > node - or on all nodes in the Farm?
> >
> >
> > "Daniel Reib [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> > > The key is the same for each node. There is only one symmetric key for
> a
> > > farm. The key is just encrypted differently for each node.
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Daniel
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Mark Barker" <MarkBarker@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:70EE7611-00DA-40E8-8B0C-31F5D48EE39E@.microsoft.com...
> > > > I wonder if someone can help clarify this one..?
> > > >
> > > > If I've implemented Reporting Services across a Web Farm, and saved a
> copy
> > > > of the encryption key for each node - If encryption is broken, which
> key
> > > do I
> > > > apply?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>