Did I skip the patch, where IPFS had authentication built-in?
I yeah, it would (kind of) work, if you can copy Windows in a non-active state to a node. But considering the size of a Windows installation and network speed (IPFS used to be sloooooooow)… Afaik files uploaded to IPFS are not encrypted as well, so whoever in control of that node can read them - and anyone else can download them, too. You would have to setup a private node on a different PC inside your network. And even then you have to copy the files there somehow.
The next thing would be to: How to download that backup from a bootable USB, so it has network and can read IPFS to write to disk AND write any data required to even boot Windows on a blank drive?
The next thing is: Time. How long will it take to backup? How long to restore? If it takes longer then 15 Minutes, it’s basically useless.
Did I skip the patch, where IPFS had authentication built-in?
I yeah, it would (kind of) work, if you can copy Windows in a non-active state to a node. But considering the size of a Windows installation and network speed (IPFS used to be sloooooooow)… Afaik files uploaded to IPFS are not encrypted as well, so whoever in control of that node can read them - and anyone else can download them, too. You would have to setup a private node on a different PC inside your network. And even then you have to copy the files there somehow.
The next thing would be to: How to download that backup from a bootable USB, so it has network and can read IPFS to write to disk AND write any data required to even boot Windows on a blank drive?
The next thing is: Time. How long will it take to backup? How long to restore? If it takes longer then 15 Minutes, it’s basically useless.