[pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 2/2] docs: add paragraph on verification jobs to ransomware section

[Stefan Sterz]

Signed-off-by: Stefan Sterz <s.sterz at proxmox.com>
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drop this if inappropriate. i just thought this might answer some
questions that a somewhat advanced user may have about verification
jobs in this scenario.

 docs/storage.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/storage.rst b/docs/storage.rst
index 5ba419cd..c457ff06 100644
--- a/docs/storage.rst
+++ b/docs/storage.rst
@@ -475,6 +475,13 @@ 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 <maintenance_verification>` 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
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2.30.2